Editing Ring (film) (section)

===Box office===
In Japan, the film earned a distribution income ([[Gross rental|rentals]]) of {{JPY|1 billion|link=yes}} in 1998, making it one of the top ten [[List of highest-grossing Japanese films|highest-grossing Japanese films]] of the year.<ref name="eiren">{{cite web|url=https://www.eiren.org/toukei/1998.html|title=1998年（1月～12月）|access-date=October 13, 2015|language=ja|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.}}</ref> The film grossed a total Japanese box office revenue of {{JPY|1.7 billion}}<ref name="databank">{{cite web |title=邦画興行収入ランキング |url=http://www.generalworks.com/databank/movie/rank04.html |website=SF MOVIE DataBank |publisher=General Works |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:1700/130.905 round 1}} million|link=yes}}).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balmain |first1=Colette |title=Introduction to Japanese Horror Film |date=14 October 2008 |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |isbn=978-0-7486-3059-2 |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=POWqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 |language=en}}</ref>

''Variety'' stated that ''Ring''{{'}}s "most notable success" has been in Hong Kong, where it became the biggest grosser during the first half of the year, beating popular American films such as ''[[The Matrix]]'', featuring Keanu Reeves<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=The Ring 2|volume=375|issue=11|date=August 2, 1999}}</ref> On its 1999 Hong Kong release, ''Ring'' earned {{Currency|31.2 million|HKD|passthrough=yes}} (US$4.03 million) during its two-month theatrical run making it Hong Kong's highest-grossing Japanese-language film.<ref name="fba-doraemon">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/doraemon-sets-box-office-record-in-hong-kong|publisher=[[Film Business Asia]]|title=Doraemon sets box office record in Hong Kong|access-date=March 4, 2015|last=Ma|first=Kevin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222731/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/doraemon-sets-box-office-record-in-hong-kong|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> This record was later beaten by ''[[Stand By Me Doraemon]]''  a children's anime equally enjoyed by older generations in 2015.<ref name="fba-doraemon"/> In Taiwan, where it released in 1999, the film grossed {{Currency|50.83 million|TWD|passthrough=yes}}<ref>{{cite news |title=破鬼后貞子17年紀錄 《你的名字》稱霸台北日片票房 – 自由娛樂 |url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/1877156 |access-date=1 February 2019 |work=[[Liberty Times]] |date=4 November 2016}}</ref> ({{US$|1.619 million}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical currency converter with official exchange rates (TWD) |url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-currency-converter.php?A=50830000&C1=TWD&C2=USD&DD=31&MM=12&YYYY=1999 |website=fxtop.com |date=31 December 1999 |access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref>

In France, the film sold 94,257 tickets,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ring (1998) |url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=3198 |website=JP's Box Office |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref> equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately {{Currency|{{#expr:94257*5.37 round 0}}|Euro}}<ref name="euro">{{cite web |title=Dissemination of European cinema in the European Union and the international market |url=https://institutdelors.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/disseminationeuropeanfilm-wutzperez-ne-jdi-ifa-unifr-nov14.pdf#page=28 |website=[[Jacques Delors Institute]] |publisher=[[UniFrance]] |date=November 2014 |page=28 |access-date=11 February 2019}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:506160/1.118 round 0}}|long=yes}}).<ref name="bank">{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2003&locations=KR-XC&start=1999 |publisher=[[World Bank]] |access-date=11 February 2019}}</ref> In South Korea, 56,983 tickets were sold in the capital city of [[Seoul]],<ref>{{cite web |title=영화정보 |url=https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |website=KOFIC |publisher=[[Korean Film Council]] |access-date=1 February 2019 |quote=The Ring}}</ref> equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately {{Currency|{{#expr:(56983+41-29)*6000}}|KRW}}<ref name="korea-price">{{cite book |last=Park |first=Seung Hyun |title=A Cultural Interpretation of Korean Cinema, 1988–1997 |date=2000 |publisher=[[Indiana University]] |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilEeAQAAMAAJ |chapter=Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974–1997 |quote=1997 […] Foreign […] 6,000}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:341970000/1188.817 round 0}}|long=no}}).<ref name="bank"/> The film also grossed $150,893 in Chile, the United Kingdom, Russia and New Zealand adding up to an estimated worldwide gross revenue of approximately $19,540,286.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ringu |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0178868/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>