Editing The Full Monty (section)

===Box office===
''The Full Monty'' opened on six screens in the United States on 13 August 1997 and grossed $244,375 in its first five days, with a per-screen average in its opening weekend of $29,430; the highest for a film that weekend.<ref name="Mojo" /> The film expanded to 10 screens the following weekend and then 36 screens for the Labor Day weekend (29 August – 1 September) where it remained the film with the highest per-screen average gross ($25,344) and grossed a total of $1.7&nbsp;million in its first 20 days.<ref name="Mojo" /><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=12 September 1997|page=29|title=Monty ups the ante|last=Goodridge|first=Mike}}</ref> When the film was released in the [[United Kingdom]] on 29 August 1997 on 224 screens, it grossed £1,593,928 in its first 3 days, ranking second at the UK box office behind ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'', which grossed £1.7&nbsp;million in its fifth week of release from almost twice the number of screens (411).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Top 15|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=5 September 1997|page=30|quote=$2,570,852; $1=£0.620}}</ref> However, it beat ''Men in Black'' for the week and took the weekend crown the following weekend and remained [[List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|number one at the UK box office]] for the next nine weeks, the longest a film had remained at number one in the UK.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=8 September 1997|title=International box office|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Top 15|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=12 September 1997|page=30}}</ref><ref name=wooed>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=14 November 1997|page=27|title=Wooed into the top spot|last=Scott|first=Mary}}</ref> It became the highest-grossing British film of all-time in its ninth week of release, surpassing ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=31 October 1997|page=27|title=Stripped by Full Monty|last=Scott|first=Mary}}</ref> It was displaced as the weekend number one by ''[[Face/Off]]'' but remained the highest-grosser for the week and returned to spend the next two weekends back at number one.<ref name=wooed/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=17 November 1997|title=International box office|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Top 15|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=28 November 1997|page=38}}</ref> It was the highest-grossing film in the UK for thirteen consecutive weeks and eleven weekends.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=1 December 1997|title=International box office|page=12}}</ref> In the US, it expanded to 387&nbsp;screens on 12 September and grossed $2.9&nbsp;million for the weekend to finish in fifth place at the box office. It expanded further to 650&nbsp;screens the following weekend where it retained its fifth place.<ref name="Mojo" />

It also opened at [[List of 1997 box office number-one films in Australia|number one in Australia]] where it remained for five weeks. In France, it opened at the same time as ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' and recorded a per screen average of $16,699 compared to the former's $19,133, finishing in third place for the week.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=3 November 1997|title='Monty' still taking on all comers o'seas|page=12|last=Woods|first=Mark}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=10 November 1997|title=Euro entries outdo H'wood newcomers|page=7|last=Woods|first=Mark}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=24 November 1997|title='Alien' scares up big B.O. o'seas|page=13|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=1 December 1997|title=Trio boosts end-of-season B.O.|page=12|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> On 27 January 1998, it surpassed ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' to become the [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|highest-grossing film in the UK]] and finished with a gross of £52.2&nbsp;million ($85&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Monumental Monty|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=30 January 1998|page=27|last=Scott|first=Mary}}</ref><ref name="BFI 2013">{{cite book |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook |year=2013 |edition=2012 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |location=London |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |pages=[http://www.emagcloud.com/incorporatedesign/BFI_Statisitical_Yearbook_2013_Digital02/pubData/source/BFI%20Statisitical%20Yearbook%202013%20Digital.pdf#page=22 22] & [http://www.emagcloud.com/incorporatedesign/BFI_Statisitical_Yearbook_2013_Digital02/pubData/source/BFI%20Statisitical%20Yearbook%202013%20Digital.pdf#page=32 32] |access-date=8 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228060414/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref name="Mojo" /> In the United States and Canada it finished its run with a gross of $46&nbsp;million. It grossed $127&nbsp;million in other international markets for a worldwide gross of $258&nbsp;million.<ref name="Mojo" />