Editing Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film) (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film debuted at #5 at the North American box office<ref>{{cite news|title= Weekend Box Office 'Honors' Tops in a Lackluster Bunch|newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1994-05-10|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-10-ca-56005-story.html|access-date=2010-12-28|first=Robert W.|last=Welkos}}</ref> and eventually grossed $16,624,456 against a $7 million production budget.<ref name="mojo">{{mojo title|buffythevampireslayer|Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 37%, based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The consensus reads, "''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''{{'}}s supernatural coming of age tale is let down by poor directing and even poorer plotting -- though Kristy Swanson and Paul Reubens' game performances still manage to slay."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/buffy_the_vampire_slayer |title=Buffy the Vampire Slayer |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/buffy-the-vampire-slayer |title=Buffy the Vampire Slayer reviews |website=[[Metacritic.com]] |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>