Editing Eyes Wide Shut (section)

===Box office===
''Eyes Wide Shut'' opened on July 16, 1999, in the United States. The film topped the week-end box office, with $21.7&nbsp;million from 2,411 screens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1999&wknd=29&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office: July 16–18, 1999 Weekend|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=October 22, 2012|archive-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211414/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1999&wknd=29&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> These numbers surpassed the studio's expectations of $20&nbsp;million, and became both Cruise's sixth consecutive chart topper and Kubrick's highest opening week-end as well as the highest featuring Kidman and Cruise together.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-19-ca-57357-story.html|title='Eyes' Sees Its Way to Top Spot|date=July 19, 1999|first=Richard|last=Natale|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 22, 2012|archive-date=September 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903222955/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jul/19/entertainment/ca-57357|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/398234.stm|date=July 19, 1999|title=Eyes Wide Shut opens on top|work=BBC News|access-date=October 28, 2012|archive-date=October 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015222816/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/398234.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Eyes Wide Shut'' ended up grossing a total of $55,691,208 in the US. The numbers put it as Kubrick's second-highest-grossing film in the country, behind ''2001: A Space Odyssey'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/person/80270401-Stanley-Kubrick|title=Stanley Kubrick – Box Office History|website=The Numbers|access-date=November 9, 2012|archive-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004035532/http://www.the-numbers.com/person/80270401-Stanley-Kubrick|url-status=live}}</ref> but both were considered a box office disappointment.<ref name="genius">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-12-ca-9258-story.html|title=Remembering a Difficult Genius|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 12, 2001|author=King, Susan|access-date=November 9, 2012|archive-date=November 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113070731/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jun/12/entertainment/ca-9258|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shortly after its screening at the [[Venice Film Festival]], ''Eyes Wide Shut'' had a British premiere on September 3, 1999, at the [[Warner Village Cinemas|Warner Village cinema]] in [[Leicester Square]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/437224.stm|work=BBC News|date=September 3, 1999|title=Stars flock to Kubrick premiere|access-date=October 22, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002213942/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/437224.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's wide opening occurred the following week-end, and topped the U.K. charts with £1,189,672.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-box-office-1120316.html|title=FILM: BOX OFFICE|date=September 19, 1999|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090208/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-box-office-1120316.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The international performances for ''Eyes Wide Shut'' were more positive, with Kubrick's long-time assistant and brother-in-law [[Jan Harlan]] stating that "It was badly received in the Anglo-Saxon world, but it was very well received in the Latin world and Japan. In Italy, it was a huge hit."<ref name="genius" /> Overseas earnings of over $105&nbsp;million led to a $162,091,208 box office run world-wide, turning it into the highest-grossing Kubrick film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/name/nm0000040/|title=Stanley Kubrick|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222143803/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/name/nm0000040/|url-status=live}}</ref>