Editing True Lies (section)

===Box office===
''True Lies'' was a box-office success. Opening in 2,368 theaters in the [[United States]] and Canada, it ranked [[List of 1994 box office number-one films in the United States|number one at the US box office]] in its opening weekend, grossing $25,869,770 and beating ''[[Forrest Gump]]''.<ref name="Powerhouse" /> Once ''Forrest Gump'' returned to the top of the box office the following week, ''True Lies'' dropped into second place, grossing $20.7 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115236930/forrest-gump-returns-bump-to-beat/ |title='Forrest Gump' returns bump to beat 'True Lies' at theaters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311210308/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115236930/forrest-gump-returns-bump-to-beat/ |date=July 28, 1994 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |page=53 |publisher=[[Star Tribune]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It set a record opening weekend in South Korea with a gross of $995,023.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=August 16, 1994|page=3|title='Lies' true to form in S. Korea}}</ref> It also had a record opening weekend in Japan for distributor [[Nippon Herald Films|Nippon Herald]] with a gross of $3 million and was [[List of 1994 box office number-one films in Japan|number one at the Japanese box office]] for twelve straight weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=16 September 1994|page=27|title=Arnie strikes back}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=14|date=12 December 1994|title=International Box Office}}</ref> ''True Lies'' was the second major American film to be released in China since ''[[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]]'' and generated a total of {{CN¥|103 million|link=yes}}, becoming the country's highest-grossing Hollywood film.<ref name="topgrossing">{{cite web|first=Zhang|last=Rui|title=Top grossing Chinese films all through years |url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2016-02/19/content_37827515.htm|website=[[China.org.cn]]|publisher=[[China Internet Information Center]]|access-date=2 March 2020|date=19 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="CFI">{{cite news|last=Papish|first=Jonathan|title=China's All-time Highest Grossing Imports|url=http://chinafilminsider.com/chinas-time-highest-grossing-imports/|access-date=2 March 2020|work=China Film Insider|date=8 February 2017}}</ref> The film also became the highest-grossing film of all time in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news|last=Red|first=Isah V.|title=Hooray for Hollywood|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7WUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4541%2C2440522|access-date=July 3, 2023|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=July 15, 1996|page=32B}}</ref> ''True Lies'' went on to gross $146,282,411 in the United States and Canada and $232,600,000 in the rest of world, totaling $378,882,411 worldwide,<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo"/> making it the [[1994 in film#Highest-grossing films|third-highest-grossing film of 1994]], behind ''[[The Lion King]]'' and ''Forrest Gump''.<ref name="TVReboot" /><ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1994&p=.htm 1994 Domestic Grosses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717164659/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1994&p=.htm |date=2011-07-17 }}. boxofficemojo.com</ref>