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==Reception== ===Box office=== ''Broadcast News'' was given a limited release on December 16, 1987, in seven theaters and managed to gross [[USD]] $197,542 on its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite news|title= Weekend Box Office : Appealing to All 'Generations'|newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-22-ca-30480-story.html|access-date=2012-06-05}}</ref> It went into wide release in the United States on December 25, 1987, in 677 theaters, grossing $5.5 million on its opening weekend. The film went on to make $51.3 million in North America and $16.1 million in the rest of the world for a worldwide total of $67.3 million.<ref name="boxoffice">{{cite web | title = ''Broadcast News'' | website = Box Office Mojo | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=broadcastnews.htm | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> ===Critical response=== Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Broadcast News'' four out of four stars and praised the film for being as "knowledgeable about the TV news-gathering process as any movie ever made, but it also has insights into the more personal matter of how people use high-pressure jobs as a way of avoiding time alone with themselves".<ref name="ebert">{{cite news | last = Ebert | first = Roger | author-link = Roger Ebert | title = ''Broadcast News'' | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = December 16, 1987 | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/broadcast-news-1987 | access-date = 2023-09-23 }}</ref> In his review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Vincent Canby]] wrote, "As the fast-talking Aaron, Albert Brooks comes very close to stealing ''Broadcast News''. Mr. Brooks ... is more or less the conscience of ''Broadcast News''".<ref name="canby">{{cite news | last = Canby | first = Vincent | author-link = Vincent Canby | title = ''Broadcast News'' | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = December 16, 1987 | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE5DD113CF935A25751C1A961948260 | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], in his review for the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'', praised Holly Hunter's performance as "something of a revelation: her short, feisty, socially gauche, aggressive-compulsive character may be the most intricately layered portrait of a career woman that contemporary Hollywood has given us".<ref name="rosenbaum">{{cite news | last = Rosenbaum | first = Jonathan | author-link = Jonathan Rosenbaum | title = ''Broadcast News'' | work = [[Chicago Reader]] | year = 1987 | url = http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/1427_BROADCAST_NEWS | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> Hal Hinson, in his review for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', wrote, "[James] Brooks is excellent at taking us inside the world of television, but not terribly good at analyzing it. He has a facile, too-pat approach to dealing with issues; there's still too much of the sitcom mentality at work".<ref name="hinson">{{cite news | last = Hinson | first = Hal | title = ''Broadcast News'' | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = December 25, 1987 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/broadcastnewsrhinson_a0c913.htm | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> In his review for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', [[Richard Corliss]] praised William Hurt's performance: "Hurt is neat too, never standing safely outside his character, always allowing Tom to find the humor in his too-rapid success, locating a dimness behind his eyes when Tom is asked a tough question -- and for Tom, poor soulless sensation-to-be, all questions are tough ones".<ref name="corliss">{{cite magazine | last = Corliss | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Corliss | title = A Season Of Flash And Greed | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = December 14, 1987 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966222,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090203020522/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966222,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 3, 2009 | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> The magazine also ranked ''Broadcast News'' as one of the best films of the year.<ref name="timebest">{{cite magazine | title = Best of '87 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = January 4, 1988 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966369,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012153630/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966369,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 12, 2007 | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> The film garnered a 98% rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]] from 52 critics. The site's consensus states: "Blockbuster dramatist James L. Brooks delivers with ''Broadcast News'', fully entertaining with deft, deep characterization."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broadcast_news/ |title=Broadcast News |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2012-06-23}}</ref> The film has an 84% [[average]] score at [[Metacritic]], based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/broadcast-news |title=Broadcast News Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More |website=Metacritic |access-date=2012-06-23}}</ref> ''Broadcast News'' was placed on 61 "ten-best" lists, making it the most acclaimed film of 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-24-ca-38115-story.html|title=Film Critics Agree: 1987 Was a Good, Bad Year|date=January 24, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''Broadcast News'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>
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