Editing Time Bandits (section)

===Box office===
The film was released in the US on 6 November 1981 and opened at number one at the box office for the weekend, grossing $6,507,356 from 821 theatres.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=3|date=1981-11-11 |title='Bandits' Steal B.O. Thunder From Thin Pack; 'Halloween II' Plunges|last=Ginsberg|first=Steven}}</ref> The film remained number one for 4 weeks and grossed $36 million in the United States and Canada on a budget of $5 million (£2.2 million), and was the 13th highest-grossing film of the year in North America.<ref name="icon">Walker, Alexander (2005). ''Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984–2000''. Orion Books. p. 12.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Numbers – Top-Grossing Movies of 1981 |url=https://m.the-numbers.com/market/1981/top-grossing-movies |website=The Numbers}}</ref>

The film was re-released in the US on 12 November 1982<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=17 November 1982|page=3|title='Creepshow' Leads B.O. Upswing; 'First Blood' Still Flows Strong|last=Ginsberg|first=Steven}}</ref> and grossed a further $6 million<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=7 December 1982|page=1|title=National B.O. Takes Seasonal Dip Over Weekend|last=Ginsberg|first=Steven}}</ref> to take its gross to $42.4 million in the United States and Canada.<ref name=mojo/>