Editing Latter Days (section)

==Release==
''Latter Days'' premiered at the [[Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival]] on July 10, 2003, where it received a [[standing ovation]].<ref name= "DVD"/> When the cast came on stage, they received another standing ovation. The film had a similar reception both at OutFest a week later and at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.<ref name= "DVD"/><ref name= "MCN"/> The film also screened at the Seattle and Washington film festivals before being released across the United States over the following 12 months. Later, the film was shown at numerous gay film festivals and released internationally,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345551/releaseinfo Release dates for Latter Days (2003).] IMDb.com. Retrieved October 5, 2006.</ref> namely in [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]] (where it was also a popular pick)<ref name="LesGaiCineMad">{{cite web|url=http://www.porlared.com/noticia.php?not_id=17711 |title=Latter Days, Implicación y Los armarios de la dictadura, premiados por el público del LesGaiCineMad 2004 |date=November 11, 2004 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715104313/http://www.porlared.com/noticia.php?not_id=17711 |archive-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> and in [[Mexico City]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722230459/http://www.difusioncultural.unam.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1235&Itemid=172 2° Festival Internacional de Cine Gay en México en la UNAM]. Retrieved January 29, 2011. ''(Spanish)''</ref> Since its initial release, it received nine best film awards, as Cox mentioned in 2005 on a featurette included on the United Kingdom DVD.<ref name= "DVD"/>

The film was banned by Madstone Theaters, an arthouse cinema chain with nine theaters across the country, which claimed it was "not up to [our] artistic quality".<ref name= "DVD"/> The company was pressured with threatened boycotts and protests by conservative groups to withdraw their planned release.<ref name= "MCN"/> At the North American box office, ''Latter Days'' made $834,685 from a total of 19 theaters.<ref name="BOMData">{{cite web |title = Latter Days (2004) |url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=latterdays.htm |work = [[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date = January 28, 2011 }}</ref> As of January 2011, the film was the top-grossing film from its distributor, [[TLA Releasing]].<ref>{{cite web |title = TLA Releasing All time Box Office Results |url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=tla.htm |work = [[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date = January 29, 2011 }}</ref>