Editing Moonstruck (section)

== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
On its [[wide release]], the film finished third at the US box office and spent 20 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 and finally grossed $80.6 million in the United States and Canada.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonstruck.htm |title=Moonstruck |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424144329/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonstruck.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>  Internationally it grossed $41.5 million for a worldwide total of $122.1 million,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 11, 1995|page=92|title=UIP's $25M-Plus Club}}</ref> on a budget of $15 million.

=== Critical response ===
''Moonstruck'' received critical acclaim upon release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moonstruck (1987) – History |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/57753 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |quote=Moonstruck opened in New York City, Toronto, and Los Angeles, CA, on 16 Dec 1987 to critical acclaim}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 89% based on reviews from 76 critics, with an average score of 7.8/10. The site's consensus read, "Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, ''Moonstruck'' is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Moonstruck |title=Moonstruck (1987) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=April 16, 2024 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204045542/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moonstruck |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |title=Moonstruck |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/moonstruck |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-date=2020-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004045226/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/moonstruck |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com |access-date=2021-05-05 |archive-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170916153548/https://m.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote, "John Patrick Shanley's witty, shapely script puts an octet of New Yorkers under a lunar-tuney spell one romantic night. Cher shines brightest of all."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,967134,00.html |title=Critics' Choice |magazine=Time |date=April 4, 1988 |access-date=January 6, 2024}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]], who later added the film among his "Great Movies" list, said: "Reviews of the movie tend to make it sound like a madcap ethnic comedy, and that it is. But there is something more here, a certain bittersweet yearning that comes across as ineffably romantic, and a certain magical quality".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880115/REVIEWS/801150304 |title=Review of ''Moonstruck'' |first=Roger|last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=January 15, 1988 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990302045618/http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1988/01/274003.html |archive-date=1999-03-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Film historian [[Leonard Maltin]] gave the picture 4 out of 4 stars.<ref>Maltin's TV, Movie, & Video Guide</ref>

[[Gene Siskel]], writing for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', recommended "''Moonstruck'', which is being sold as a romance but actually is one of the funniest pictures to come out in quite some time. [...] You will not easily forget this incredibly robust family, created by writer [[John Patrick Shanley]] and directed by [[Norman Jewison]], who makes a comeback with this uproarious film."<ref>{{cite news|author=Gene Siskel|author-link=Gene Siskel|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/01/15/flick-of-week-comedy-is-king-in-moonstruck/|title=Flick Of Week: Comedy Is King In 'Moonstruck'|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=1988-01-15|access-date=2013-12-02|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050948/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-01-15/entertainment/8803220440_1_star-flick-film|url-status=live}}</ref>

It appeared on both Siskel's and Ebert's Top 10 lists for 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandthemovies/best_worst.html|title=Ebert & Roeper and the movies - Best & Worst|date=5 June 2001|access-date=26 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010605232324/http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandthemovies/best_worst.html|archive-date=5 June 2001}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked Cher's work the all-time greatest acting performance by a musician.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 4, 2018 |title=The 100 Best Acting Performances by Musicians in Movies |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/musician-movie-performances-top-100-8477854/ |access-date=April 25, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>