Editing Forbidden Planet (section)

==Reception==
''Forbidden Planet'' had its world premiere at the Southeastern Science Fiction Convention in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], on March 3 and 4, 1956.<ref name="warren" /> The film opened in more than 100 cities on March 23<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 22, 1956 |title=100 'Planet' Dates |url=https://ia802605.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/5/items/motionpicturedai79unse/motionpicturedai79unse_jp2.zip&file=motionpicturedai79unse_jp2/motionpicturedai79unse_0507.jp2&scale=2&rotate=0 |journal=[[Motion Picture Daily]] |page=3 |access-date=July 8, 2018}}</ref> in [[CinemaScope]], [[Eastmancolor]],<ref name="harrison's">Film review: 'Forbidden Planet'". ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'', March 17, 1956, p. 44.</ref> and in some theaters, [[stereophonic sound]], either by the magnetic or [[Perspecta]] processes.

At the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a rating of 92% based on 52 reviews from critics, averaging 8.20/10.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbidden Planet |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/forbidden_planet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008015703/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/forbidden_planet |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=May 31, 2025 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that everyone who worked on the film certainly "had a barrel of fun with it. And, if you've got an ounce of taste for crazy humor, you'll have a barrel of fun, too."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=May 4, 1956 |title=Screen: Wonderful Trip in Space |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/04/archives/screen-wonderful-trip-in-space-forbidden-planet-is-out-of-this.html |url-status=live |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925194706/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/04/archives/screen-wonderful-trip-in-space-forbidden-planet-is-out-of-this.html |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Imaginative gadgets galore, plus plenty of suspense and thrills, make the Nicholas Nayfack production a top offering in the space travel category."<ref name="variety">Film review: 'Forbidden Planet'". ''[[Variety Film Reviews|Variety]]'', March 14, 1956, p. 6.</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' called the film "weird but fascinating and exciting", with "highly imaginative" production.<ref name="harrison's" /> Philip K. Scheuer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that the film was "more than another science-fiction movie, with the emphasis on fiction; it is a genuinely thought-through concept of the future, and the production MGM has bestowed on it gives new breadth and dimension to that time-worn phrase, 'out of this world.'"<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scheuer |first=Philip K. |date=March 30, 1956 |title='Id' Key to Terrifying Menace on Far Planet |journal=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=23}}</ref> [[John McCarten]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called the film "a pleasant spoof of all the moonstruck nonsense the movies have been dishing up about what goes on among our neighbors out there in interstellar space."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McCarten |first=John |date=May 12, 1956 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |page=171}}</ref> ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' of Britain praised the film as "an enjoyably thorough-going space fantasy", adding, "In tone the film adroitly combines naivete with sophistication, approaching its inter-planetary heroics with a cheerful consciousness of their absurdity that still allows for one or two genuinely weird and exciting moments, such as the monster's first advance on the spaceship."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 1956 |title=Forbidden Planet |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=23 |issue=269 |pages=71–72}}</ref> The Philadelphia film critic Steve Friedman ("Mr. Movie") told interviewers that ''Forbidden Planet'' was his favorite film.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Klein |first=Michael |date=September 21, 2009 |title=Steve Friedman, Mr. Movie, dies |journal=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref> He watched it 178 times.

According to MGM records, the film initially earned $1,530,000 in the U.S. and Canada<ref>'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', ''Variety Weekly'', January 2, 1957.</ref> and $1,235,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $210,000.<ref name="Mannix" />

''Forbidden Planet'' was re-released to film theaters during 1972 as one of MGM's "Kiddie Matinee" features; it was missing about six minutes of film footage cut to ensure it received a G rating from the [[Motion Picture Association of America]], including a 1950s-style muted scene of Anne Francis, which made it seem she swam without a bathing suit.<ref name="whv.warnerbros.com">[http://whv.warnerbros.com/WHVPORTAL/Portal/product.jsp?upc=012569793057&S=ClscsCllct "Forbidden Planet: Ultimate Collector's Edition from Warner Home Video on DVD, Special Edition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208080038/http://whv.warnerbros.com/WHVPORTAL/Portal/product.jsp?upc=012569793057&S=ClscsCllct |date=December 8, 2008 }}. ''Whv.warnerbros.com''. Retrieved: January 16, 2015.</ref> Later video releases carry a G rating, although they are all the original theatrical version.

The [[American Film Institute]] nominated the film as one of its top-10 science fiction films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/10top10-ballot.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729052932/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/10top10-ballot.pdf |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |access-date=July 4, 2017}}</ref> The score was nominated for AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106023410/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/scores250.pdf |archive-date=November 6, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2011}}</ref>