Editing Black Narcissus (section)

===Box office===
''Black Narcissus'' had its world premiere at the [[Odeon Leicester Square]] in London on 24 April 1947 attended by [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], before opening to the public there the following day and being shown in 20 key cities in the UK within 10 days.<ref name=24april/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Evening Standard]]|page=10|title=Picture Theatres (West End)|date=25 April 1947}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|page=4|title=Cinemas|date=24 April 1947}}</ref> According to trade papers, the film was a "notable box office attraction" at British cinemas in 1947.{{sfn|Murphy|2003|p=209}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Screen_Volume_32_Issue_3/page/n17 |magazine=[[Screen (journal)|Screen]] |page=258 |volume=32 |issue=3 |title=The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry |first=Janet |last=Thumim}}</ref> It premiered in the United States on 13 August 1947 in New York City at the [[Fulton Theatre]].{{sfn|Slide|1998|p=38}}

In France, where it was released in 1949, the film sold 1,388,416 tickets. In Japan, it was the fifth top-grossing film of 1950, earning {{JPY|60 million|link=yes}} in [[theatrical rental]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan 1950 |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/japon-1950-s-c29019210 |website=Box Office Story |language=fr |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref>