Editing Three Men and a Baby (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
The critical response to ''Three Men and a Baby'' was generally positive. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on reviews from 70 critics, and an average rating of 5.9/10. The site's consensus reads: "Like the French farce it's based on, ''Three Men and a Baby'' is too self-satisfied with scatalogical humor to qualify as a bundle of joy, but the role of makeshift daddy brings out the best in Tom Selleck".<ref>{{cite web |title=''Three Men and a Baby'' |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_men_and_a_baby/ |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a score of 61 based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/3-men-and-a-baby |title=Three Men and a Baby Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-20|title=Cinemascore :: Movie Title Search|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|access-date=2020-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|archive-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', despite noting several aspects he saw as flaws, praised the film, remarking: "Because of Selleck and his co-stars... the movie becomes a heartwarming entertainment". He gave it 3 (out of four) stars.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=''Three Men and a Baby'' |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=November 25, 1987 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/three-men-and-a-baby-1987 |access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote "this story is about four babies, not just one" and "the film bubbles along in a funny if predictable way, with a lot more gags than the earlier film managed".<ref name="maslin">{{cite news |date=November 25, 1987 |last=Maslin |first=Janet |title=Film Review: ''Three Men and a Baby''|work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/25/movies/film-three-men-and-a-baby.html |access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film opened in theaters on Wednesday, November 25, 1987. It grossed $168 million in the United States and Canada<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=threemenandababy.htm |title=''Three Men and a Baby'' (1987) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= ''Three Men and a Baby'' Is Top Box-Office Film|work= The New York Times|date=1988-01-14|url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0714FB34590C778DDDA80894D0484D81|access-date=2010-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Weekend Box Office|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 29, 1987|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-29-ca-31787-story.html|access-date=2010-12-12|first=Jack|last=Mathews}}</ref> and $72 million internationally for a worldwide gross of $240 million.<ref name=WW>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=February 14, 1990|page=2|title='Three Men' Costars Return For Sequel}}</ref> It was notable for the [[Walt Disney Studios (production)|Walt Disney Studios]] since it was the first production from the studio to gross over $100 million domestically in its initial run and its highest-grossing film at the time until surpassed in 1990 by ''[[Pretty Woman]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=4|date=January 13, 1988|title='3 Men' Tops At Disney}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 3, 1990|page=4|title='Pretty Woman' now top Disney grosser}}</ref>