Editing Pearl Harbor (film) (section)

===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>