Editing Terms of Endearment (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Terms of Endearment'' was commercially successful at the box office. On its opening weekend, it grossed $3.4 million, ranking number two at the US box office, until its second weekend, when it grossed $3.1 million, ranking [[List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States|number one]] at the box office. Three weekends later, it arrived number one again, with $9,000,000, having wide release. For four weekends, it remained number one at the box office, and it slipped to number two on its tenth weekend. On the film's 11th weekend, it arrived number one (for the sixth and final time), grossing $3 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=termsofendearment.htm | title=Terms of Endearment (1983) – Weekend Box Office Results | website=Box Office Mojo | access-date=2008-12-05 | archive-date=November 2, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102230814/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=termsofendearment.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> The film grossed $108,423,489 in the United States and Canada and $165 million worldwide.<ref name=mojo>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0086425/ | title=Terms of Endearment (1983) | website=[[Box Office Mojo]] | accessdate=February 19, 2021 | archive-date=December 17, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217155909/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0086425/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ww/>

===Critical reception===
''Terms of Endearment'' received critical acclaim at the time of its release. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an 82% approval rating based on 109 reviews, with a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]] of 7.9/10. The site's consensus reads: "A classic tearjerker, ''Terms of Endearment'' isn't shy about reaching for the heartstrings – but is so well-acted and smartly scripted that it's almost impossible to resist."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terms_of_endearment/|title=Terms of Endearment (1983)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=November 19, 2023|archive-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511204732/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terms_of_endearment/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] reports a score of 79 out of 100 based on reviews from ten critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/terms-of-endearment|title=Terms of Endearment Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-date=November 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103092958/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/terms-of-endearment|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a four-out-of-four star rating, calling it "a wonderful film" and stating, "There isn't a thing that I would change, and I was exhilarated by the freedom it gives itself to move from the high comedy of Nicholson's best moments to the acting of Debra Winger in the closing scenes."<ref>{{cite web | last =Ebert | first =Roger | title =Terms of Endearment | work =[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date =November 23, 1983 | url =http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/terms-of-endearment-1983 | access-date =April 22, 2013 | archive-date =April 24, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130424133710/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/terms-of-endearment-1983 | url-status =live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]], who also gave the film a highly enthusiastic review, correctly predicted upon its release that it would go on to win the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] of 1983.

In his movie guide, [[Leonard Maltin]] awarded the film a rare four-star rating, calling it a "Wonderful mix of humor and heartache," and concluded the film was "Consistently offbeat and unpredictable, with exceptional performances by all three stars."<ref name="bookref1">{{cite book| last=Maltin| first=Leonard|title=2013 Movie Guide| year=2012|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|pages=1386|isbn=978-0-451-23774-3}}</ref>