Editing Houseguest (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film debuted at No. 3.<ref>{{cite news|title=Weekend Box Office : 'Dumb and Dumber' Has Last Laugh|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1995-01-10|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-10-ca-18192-story.html|access-date=2012-06-03|first=Robert W.|last=Welkos|archive-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120159/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-01-10/entertainment/ca-18192_1_weekend-box-office|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Holiday Spurs Record-Setting Movie Weekend|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1995-01-17|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-17-ca-20974-story.html|access-date=2012-06-07|first=Richard|last=Natale|archive-date=2022-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115132614/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-17-ca-20974-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It eventually grossed $26 million in North America. When compared to its $10.5 million budget, it was a modest commercial success.

===Critical response===
The film received negative reviews.<ref>{{cite news|title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'Houseguest' Goes In for Broad Comedy|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1995-01-06|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-16916-story.html|access-date=2012-06-03|first=Kevin|last=Thomas|archive-date=2023-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730032441/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-16916-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a score of 17% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 3.80/10. The site's consensus reads, "Perplexingly unfunny given the involvement of its two hilarious leads, ''Houseguest'' wears out its welcome almost immediately".<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/houseguest/ ''Houseguest''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204010700/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/houseguest |date=2025-02-04 }} at [[Rotten Tomatoes]]</ref> Caryn James of ''[[The New York Times]]'' describes the film as "an inane fish out of water comedy" and says "That Sinbad survives with his dignity and comic reputation intact is amazing" but notes that Phil Hartman is not so lucky.<ref>{{cite news |title= FILM REVIEW; With Guests Like These. . . .|work= [[The New York Times]] | author = Caryn James |date= January 6, 1995 |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE3D9173FF935A35752C0A963958260 |access-date=2012-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Houseguest |publisher= [[Deseret News]] | author = Chris Hicks |date= Jan 10, 1995 |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700000821/Houseguest.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100105220954/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700000821/Houseguest.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= January 5, 2010|access-date=2012-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Comic at Home As 'Houseguest'|work= [[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/01/06/dd29435.dtl#ixzz1whZeeGOk|access-date=2012-06-03}} {{Dead link|date=December 2012}}</ref>