Editing Billy Elliot (section)

=== Box office ===
''Billy Elliot'' premiered on 19 May at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]] under the title ''Dancer''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/billy-elliot-and-the-miners-strike-97mfqfh3kw7|title=Billy Elliot and the miners' strike|date=2005-03-13|work=The Times|access-date=2020-01-02|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102205048/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/billy-elliot-and-the-miners-strike-97mfqfh3kw7|archive-date=2 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later decided to re-title the film ''Billy Elliot'' to avoid confusion with ''[[Dancer in the Dark]]'', another film at Cannes that year. ''Billy Elliot'' was theatrically released on 29 September 2000 in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures through [[United International Pictures]]. In the United States,  [[Universal Focus]] released the film on 13 October 2000.<ref name=":9" /> Against expectations, the film grossed $109,280,263 worldwide, including $24 million in the United Kingdom and $22 million in the United States and Canada.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0249462/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Billy Elliot|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2019-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=32|title=U.K.'s Top 10 in 2000|date=February 19, 2001|edition=AFM 2001: Film Market Preview}}</ref> [[Universal Home Entertainment]] released ''Billy Elliot'' on [[VHS]] on 20 April 2001, and on [[Blu-ray]] on 10 January 2012. The Blu-ray includes a short documentary of the film's production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Billy-Elliot|title=Billy Elliot (2000) – Financial Information|website=The Numbers|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Billy Elliot Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Billy-Elliot-Blu-ray/33802/|website=blu-ray.com|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>