Editing Fargo (1996 film) (section)

==Release==
[[File:The film Fargo being projected on the Radisson Hotel in Fargo, ND.jpg|thumb|''Fargo'' being projected on the Radisson Hotel in Fargo, North Dakota]]

''Fargo'' premiered at the [[1996 Cannes Film Festival]], where it was nominated for the competition's highest honor, the [[Palme d'Or]]. Joel Coen won the top directorial award, the ''[[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Prix de la mise en scène]]''. Subsequent notable screenings included the [[Busan International Film Festival|Pusan International Film Festival]] in [[South Korea]], the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] in the [[Czech Republic]], and the [[Naples]] Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4685/year/1996.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fargo |access-date=September 16, 2009 |publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013125528/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/fargo|archive-date=October 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, the sixth annual [[Fargo Theatre|Fargo Film Festival]] marked ''Fargo''{{'}}s tenth anniversary by projecting the movie on a gigantic screen mounted on the north side of Fargo's then tallest building, the [[Radisson Hotels|Radisson Hotel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/content/fargo-anniversary-highlights-fest-film-festival-lights-night-showing-film-building|title='Fargo' anniversary highlights fest: Film festival lights up the night by showing film on building|date=February 4, 2006|website=[[The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013123419/https://www.inforum.com/content/fargo-anniversary-highlights-fest-film-festival-lights-night-showing-film-building|archive-date=October 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Released theatrically in the United States on March 8, 1996, ''Fargo'' launched in 36 theaters, and grossed $1,024,137 in its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/1996W10/|title=Domestic 1996 Week 10|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013125629/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/1996W10/|archive-date=October 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In the film's third week, ''Fargo'' was released in 412 theaters, and accumulated a total box office gross of $5,998,890.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/1996W12/|title=Domestic 1996 Week 12|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013125717/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/1996W12/|archive-date=October 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Overall it grossed $24,281,860 in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/1997W12/|title=Domestic 1997 Week 12|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013125804/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/1997W12/|archive-date=October 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Internationally, ''Fargo'' was released in Canada on April 5, 1996; in the United Kingdom on May 31, 1996, grossing $2.3 million; in Australia on June 6, 1996, grossing $1.5 million; in Spain on June 20, 1996, grossing $1.8 million; in France on September 4, 1996, grossing $3.9 million; and in Germany on November 14, 1996, grossing $2.4 million.<ref name=grosses>{{cite magazine|title=Cannes Retrospective|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=May 2, 1997|page=24}}</ref> Overall, the film's international gross was an estimated $36 million for a worldwide total of $60.6 million.<ref name="Mojo"/>