Editing Pretty Woman (section)

=== Box office === 
In its opening weekend, the film was at [[List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United States|number one at the US box office]], grossing {{US$|11280591 |long=no}} and averaging {{US$|8513|long=no}} per theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-26-ca-277-story.html|title=SHORT TAKES : 'Pretty Woman' Finishes First Weekend With a Happy Ending|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 26, 1990 }}</ref><ref name="boxmojoweek">{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=prettywoman.htm|title=Pretty Woman (1990)—Weekend Box Office|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=September 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930221910/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=prettywoman.htm|archive-date=September 30, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite dropping to number two in its second weekend, it grossed more with {{US$|12471670|long=no}}.<ref name="boxmojoweek" /> It returned to number one at the US box office in its sixth weekend and was number one for three weeks. It was in the Top 10 movies in the US for 16 weeks.<ref name="boxmojoweek" /> In Australia, it was [[List of 1990 box office number-one films in Australia|number one]] for 12 weeks and was [[List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|number one]] for nine consecutive weeks in the UK. {{as of|2009|9|29|alt=As of September 29, 2009}}, it has grossed {{US$|178406268|long=no}} in the United States and {{US$|285000000|long=no}} in other countries for a total worldwide gross of {{US$|463406268}}.<ref name="boxmojo">{{cite news |url= https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prettywoman.htm |title= Pretty Woman (1990) |work= Box Office Mojo |access-date= September 29, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120501100849/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prettywoman.htm |archive-date= May 1, 2012 |url-status= live}}</ref> It was the fourth highest-grossing film of the year in the United States and Canada<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{cite news |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1990&p=.htm |title=1990 Yearly Box Office Results |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206182952/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1990&p=.htm |archive-date=December 6, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the third highest-grossing worldwide.<ref name="boxmojowide">{{cite news |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1990&p=.htm |title=1990 Yearly Box Office Results |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426000919/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1990&p=.htm |archive-date=April 26, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Disney]]'s highest-grossing film ever, surpassing ''[[Three Men and a Baby]]''. It was also Disney's highest-grossing [[MPAA rating system|R-rated]] release until ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'' surpassed it in 2024.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 10, 1994|page=24|first=Don|last=Groves|title=Japan ends year with 'Cliffhanger'}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 3, 1990|page=4|title='Pretty Woman' now top Disney grosser}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Grosses by MPA Rating |website=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/mpaa.htm?page=R&p=.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820163450/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/mpaa.htm?page=R&p=.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref> It is the fourth-highest grossing [[romantic comedy]] film to date.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 21, 2022 |title="The 15 highest-grossing rom-coms of all time |url=https://ew.com/gallery/highest-grossing-rom-coms/#242491 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=EW.com}}</ref>