Editing The Verdict (section)

==Reception==
[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 88%, with an average rating of 7.8/10, based on 40 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads: "Paul Newman is at the peak of his powers as an attorney who never lived up to his potential in ''The Verdict'', supported by David Mamet's crackling script and Sidney Lumet's confident direction."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=verdict|type=m|title=The Verdict|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose |score=77 |count=17}}<ref>{{cite Metacritic |id=the-verdict|title=The Verdict Reviews |type=movie |access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref> In her ''New York Times'' review, [[Janet Maslin]]  called the Frank Galvin character "as good a role as Mr. Newman has ever had, and as shrewd and substantial a performance as he has ever given."<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/08/movies/paul-newman-stars-in-the-verdict.html |title=Paul Newman Stars in 'The Verdict' |date=8 December 1982 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In a poll of 500 films held by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine, ''The Verdict'' was voted 254th Greatest Movie of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/500/48.asp|title=''Empire's'' The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=19 October 2022|archive-date=8 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908084527/http://www.empireonline.com/500/48.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, the [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked the screenplay #91 on its list of the "101 greatest screenplays ever written".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|title=WGA Lists Greatest Screenplays, From 'Casablanca' and 'Godfather' to 'Memento' and 'Notorious'|access-date=19 October 2022|archive-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130130322/https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|url-status=live}}</ref> Richard D. Pepperman praised the scene in which Judge Hoyle eats breakfast and offers Galvin coffee as "a terrific use of objects, making for a believable judge in his personal, comfortable and suitable place, as well as a Physical Action (motion) that demonstrates the subtext of the Judge's objective (in support of the insurance company, the doctor and their attorney) without an abundance of expository dialogue."<ref>{{cite book|last=Pepperman|first=Richard D.|title=Film School: How to Watch DVDs and Learn Everything about Filmmaking|year=2008|publisher=Michael Wiese Productions|isbn=9781615930401|pages=184–185|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgVZPfv1K6MC&pg=PT185|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>

The film opened in 3 theaters in [[New York City]] and grossed $143,265 in its first 5 days.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=14 December 1982|page=1|title=Major Openings Bolster B.O.}}</ref> The following weekend it expanded to 615 screens and grossed $2,331,805, finishing seventh for the weekend,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Daily Variety|page=1|date=21 December 1982|title='Tootsie,' 'Toy' And 'Dark Crystal' Win Big At National Box-Office|last=Ginsberg|first=Steven}}</ref> and went on to gross $54 million.<ref name=mojo/>