Editing Pearl Harbor (film) (section)

==Release==

===Marketing===
The teaser trailer premiered in June 2000 in front of ''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]''{{'}}s theatrical screenings.<ref>{{cite web|last=Head|first=Steve|title=Pearl Harbor Preview on Access Hollywood|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/26/pearl-harbor-preview-on-access-hollywood|publisher=IGN|access-date=October 26, 2024|date=June 26, 2000}}</ref> Disney premiered the film at Pearl Harbor itself, aboard the active nuclear aircraft carrier {{USS|John C. Stennis}}, which made a six-day trip from San Diego to serve as "the world's largest and most expensive outdoor theater". More than 2,000 people attended the premiere on the ''Stennis'', which had special grandstand seating and one of the world's largest movie screens assembled on the flight deck.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dao |first1=James |title=Carrier Turns Theater for Premiere of 'Pearl Harbor' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/22/us/carrier-turns-theater-for-premiere-of-pearl-harbor.html |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 May 2001}}</ref> The guests included various Hawaii political leaders, most of the lead actors from the film, and over 500 news media from around the world that Disney flew in to cover the event. The party was estimated to have cost Disney $5 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Tim |last2=Kakesako |first2=Gregg K. |title=All hands on deck for 'Pearl Harbor' premiere |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/05/22/news/index.html |access-date=15 October 2019 |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=22 May 2001}}</ref>

===Box office===
During its opening weekend, ''Pearl Harbor'' generated a total of $59 million, then made $75.1 million during its first four days.<ref name="MakingMarks">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-29-ca-3706-story.html|title='Pearl Harbor' Making Its Marks|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 29, 2001 }}</ref> At the time, it achieved the second-highest [[Memorial Day]] weekend gross, behind ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-pearl-harbor/131185681/ |title='Pearl Harbor' opens solidly, but won't break box office records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904045327/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-pearl-harbor/131185681/ |date=May 28, 2001 |access-date=September 4, 2023 |archive-date=September 4, 2023 |page=12 |publisher=[[The Oshkosh Northwestern]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film also had the fourth-highest opening weekend, after the latter film, ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=104551&page=1|title=Box Office: Harbor Wins Weekend, Loses War|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref> For 15 years, it would have the highest opening weekend for a [[Ben Affleck]] film until 2016 when ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'' surpassed it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/batman-v-superman-opening-weekend-box-office-records-1201726300/|title=How 'Batman V Superman' Will Turn A Profit Despite Critical Kryptonite|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 28, 2016|access-date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> When the film was released, it topped the box office, knocking out ''[[Shrek]]''.<ref name="MakingMarks" /> It earned $30 million during its second weekend while staying at the number one spot ahead of the latter film, ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' and ''[[The Animal]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=Weekend Box Office: Harbor Withstands Shrek Attack|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/05/weekend-box-office-harbor-withstands-shrek-attack|publisher=IGN|access-date=September 28, 2022|date=June 5, 2001}}</ref> This was the most recent film to top the box office for multiple weeks until that August when ''[[American Pie 2]]'' became the next one to do so.<ref>{{cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=August 21, 2001 |title=Weekend Box Office: Pie in the Face for Race |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/21/weekend-box-office-pie-in-the-face-for-race |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=IGN |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006114036/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/21/weekend-box-office-pie-in-the-face-for-race |url-status=live }}</ref> The film would then drop into third place behind ''[[Swordfish (film)|Swordfish]]'' and ''Shrek'', making $14.9 million and beating out fourth place newcomer ''[[Evolution (2001 film)|Evolution]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=Weekend Box Office: Audiences Devour Swordfish|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/12/weekend-box-office-audiences-devour-swordfish|publisher=IGN|access-date=September 28, 2022|date=June 12, 2001}}</ref>

In Japan, the film opened on 424 screens and grossed $7.2 million in its opening weekend (including $1.6 million in previews), a record for [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista International]] in Japan, and the sixth highest opening of all-time.<ref name=japan>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=13|date=July 23, 2001|title='Pearl Harbor' scores Japan hit|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> Meanwhile, ''Pearl Harbor'' generated a three-day gross of $4.5 million in the United Kingdom, becoming the country's fourth-highest June opening weekend, behind ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'', ''[[The Matrix]]'' and ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]''.<ref name="SetsO'seas">{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=June 5, 2001 |title='Pearl Harbor' sets o'seas B.O. records |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/pearl-harbor-sets-o-seas-b-o-records-1117800707/ |access-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908235726/https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/pearl-harbor-sets-o-seas-b-o-records-1117800707/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It had a record opening in China, grossing $3.9 million in 6 days.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=11 |date=August 20, 2001 |title='Pearl' passes 'Mummy' overseas |last=Boland |first=Michael |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/harbor-s-high-seas-1117851428/ |quote=a record-shattering raid into China, where the pic garnered $3.9 million in six days }}</ref> The film also made $2.5 million in Mexico, making it the fifth-highest opening for a live-action film in the country, trailing ''The Phantom Menace'', ''The Mummy Returns'', ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' and ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''.<ref name="EuropeBattle">{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=June 18, 2001 |title='Harbor' in B.O. battle for Europe |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/harbor-in-b-o-battle-for-europe-1117801611/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828191902/https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/harbor-in-b-o-battle-for-europe-1117801611/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Making $870,000, it was Argentina's second-highest opening of 2001, after ''[[Hannibal (2001 film)|Hannibal]]''.<ref name="EuropeBattle" />

''Pearl Harbor'' grossed $198,542,554 at the US and Canadian box office and $250,678,391 overseas for a worldwide total of $449,220,945, making this the [[2001 in film|sixth-highest-grossing film of 2001]].<ref name="mojo" /> It is also the third-highest-grossing romantic drama film of all time, as of January 2013, behind ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' and ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=romanticdrama.htm |title=Romantic Drama Movies at the Box Office |work=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183325/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=romanticdrama.htm |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 5, 2023 }}</ref>

===Home media===
''Pearl Harbor'' was released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] on December 4, 2001 by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] (under the Touchstone Home Video label).<ref name="Harbor">{{cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011210/100490_1.html|title=Multimedia Available: Pearl Harbor: Massive Week One Sales of 7 Million Units|date=December 10, 2001|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|via=[[Yahoo! Finance|Yahoo.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020124043232/http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011210/100490_1.html|archive-date=January 24, 2002|access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Melinda|last=Saccone|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Industry_Article.cfm?article_id=2238|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011223115505/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Industry_Article.cfm?article_id=2238|title=Rental Spending Down for Week Ended Dec. 3, But December Holds Gifts|website=[[hive4media.com]]|archive-date=December 23, 2001|date=December 7, 2001|access-date=September 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Both home video versions are [[THX]] certified, featuring a historical documentary and a music video, while also having the film split into two parts.<ref name="RememberingVideo">{{cite news |last=Zad |first=Martie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-remembering-pearl-harb/154475473/ |title=Remembering Pearl Harbor on DVD, video |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902041012/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-remembering-pearl-harb/154475473/ |date=December 2, 2001 |access-date=September 2, 2024 |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |page=143 |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=[[The Post-Standard]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The VHS release has two separate cassettes and comes with widescreen and fullscreen versions.<ref name="RememberingVideo" /> As for the DVD release, it includes two separate discs that feature the first and second halves of the film, along with [[Dolby Headphone]] and [[DTS, Inc.|DTS]] audio tracks.<ref name="RememberingVideo" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thedigitalbits.com/reviews2/pearlharbor60th.html|title=Pearl Harbor: 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition |website=The Digital Bits }}</ref> In its first week, the film sold more than 7 million units and made more than $130 million in retail sales.<ref name="Harbor" />

On July 2, 2002, Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the film on an R-rated four-disc Director's Cut DVD, which included about a minute of additional footage.<ref name="EnoughAlready">{{cite news |last=Staten |first=Vince |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-pearl-harbor-enou/141710294/ |title='Pearl Harbor': Enough Already
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220193840/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-pearl-harbor-enou/141710294/ |date=June 29, 2002 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |archive-date=February 20, 2024 |page=93 |publisher=[[The Courier-Journal]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Beierle |first1=Aaron |title=Pearl Harbor: Vista Series (Director's Cut) |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4137/pearl-harbor-vista-series-directors-cut/ |website=DVD Talk |access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref> This release also features three audio commentaries.<ref name="EnoughAlready" /> The first one has Michael Bay and [[Jeanine Basinger]], which was recorded 250 hours after the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name="IGNVista">{{cite web |last= |date=June 18, 2002 |title=Pearl Harbor: Vista Series |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/06/18/pearl-harbor-vista-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928024158/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/06/18/pearl-harbor-vista-series |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=IGN |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

At the 5th Annual DVD awards, ''Pearl Harbor'' won the Best Audio Presentation category, tying with ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/phantom-menace-dominates-dvd-awards-in-los-angeles/4010250.article|title=Phantom Menace dominates DVD awards in Los Angeles|access-date=November 4, 2023|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811101548/https://www.screendaily.com/phantom-menace-dominates-dvd-awards-in-los-angeles/4010250.article|url-status=live}}</ref>