Editing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (section)

===Box office===
The film premiered in cinemas on 8 December 2000, in limited release within the United States. During its opening weekend, the film opened in 15th place, grossing $663,205 in business, showing at 16 locations.<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo"/> On 12 January 2001, ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' premiered in cinemas in wide release throughout the U.S., grossing $8,647,295 in business, ranking in sixth place. The film ''[[Save the Last Dance]]'' came in first place during that weekend, grossing $23,444,930.<ref name=BoxOfficeResults>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=02&p=.htm |title=January 12–14, 2001 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516043018/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=02&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The film's revenue dropped by almost 30% in its second week of release, earning $6,080,357. For that particular weekend, the film fell to eighth place, screening in 837 theaters. ''Save the Last Dance'' remained unchanged in first place, grossing $15,366,047 in box-office revenue.<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo"/> During its final week in release, ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' opened in a distant 50th place with $37,233 in revenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=29&p=.htm |title=July 20–22, 2001 Weekend |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514195122/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=29&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The film went on to top out domestically at $128,078,872 in total ticket sales through a 31-week theatrical run. Internationally, the film took in an additional $85,446,864 in box-office business for a combined worldwide total of $213,525,736.<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo/> For 2000 as a whole, the film cumulatively ranked at a worldwide box-office performance position of 19.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2000&p=.htm |title=2000 Domestic Grosses |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-date=3 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003150105/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2000&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>