Editing Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (section)

==Reception==
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According to MGM records, ''Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' earned $1,247,000 in the US and Canada and $354,000 elsewhere.<ref name="Mannix"/> Other records say it cost £308,800 and earned producer income of £225,000.<ref name="money">Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 102.</ref>  The film was one of the most popular films at the British box office 1951.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Screen_Volume_32_Issue_3/page/n17|magazine=Screen|page=258|volume=32|issue=3|title=The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry|first=Janet|last=Thumim}}</ref> It was judged by ''Kinematograph Weekly'' as a "notable performer" at British cinemas in 1951.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Kinematograph Weekly|title=These were the winners in 1951|date=20 December 1951|page=9-10}}</ref>

Howard Thompson, of [[The New York Times]], gave the film a mixed review upon release.<ref name=":0" /> He described the film as a "serious, complex but unexciting study of passions and sublime love". Thompson also praised the “brilliance and invention” of the cinematography by Jack Cardiff, noting that its most rewarding moments include Cardiff's "capturing the ghostly qualities of the tale and the exquisite beauties of Spanish settings and folkways."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=1951-12-07 |title=THE SCREEN: THREE NEWCOMERS ARRIVE HERE; 'I'll See You in My Dreams,' a Picture About Gus Kahn, Opens at Music Hall (Published 1951) |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/12/07/archives/the-screen-three-newcomers-arrive-here-ill-see-you-in-my-dreams-a.html |access-date=2023-08-16}}</ref>

It holds a rating of 67% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 33 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pandora_and_the_flying_dutchman |title = Pandora and the Flying Dutchman| website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>