Editing The Matrix Revolutions (section)

===Box office===
On opening day, ''The Matrix Revolutions'' scored $24.3 million, becoming the third-highest Wednesday opening, behind ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106815568915328400|title='Matrix Revolutions' Opens Big, But 'Reloaded' Still Is the King|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=November 6, 2003 }}</ref> During its three-day opening weekend, it would earn $48.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2003-11-12-0311110289-story.html|title=At the Box Office|date=November 12, 2003 | publisher=[[Sun Sentinel]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701115947/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2003-11-12-0311110289-story.html | archive-date=July 1, 2021 | url-status=live}}</ref> In its first five days of release, the film grossed $83.8 million in the United States and Canada from 3,502 theaters,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=matrixrevolutions.htm|title=The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – Weekend Box Office Results|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103120242/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=matrixrevolutions.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> but dropped 66% during the second week.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name=wechart>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 17, 2003|page=15|title=Variety Box Office|quote=3,502 engagements [United States and Canada]}}</ref> For three years, it had the highest five-day Wednesday opening for any [[Warner Bros.]] film until it was taken by ''[[Superman Returns]]'' in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/jul/04/superman-controls-weekend-box-office/| title= 'Superman' controls weekend box office| website= The Spokesman-Review; spokesman.com| agency= USA Today| date= July 4, 2006| author= Scott Bowles| accessdate= 18 December 2022| archive-date= March 13, 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220313154805/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/jul/04/superman-controls-weekend-box-office/| url-status= live}}</ref> The film would even compete against the newly released family films ''[[Brother Bear]]'' and ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holson|first=Laura|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/10/business/media/10matrix.html|title=An Elf and a Bear Trip Up the Final 'Matrix'|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 10, 2003|access-date=July 6, 2015|archive-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709154702/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/10/business/media/10matrix.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Internationally, the film grossed $119 million in its first 5 days from 10,013 prints in 107 territories, with the third-biggest opening ever in Japan and Spain and the fourth biggest in the United Kingdom, Italy and Mexico.<ref name=wwopen/> Combined, it grossed $203 million in its first five days.<ref name=wechart/> This made it the highest worldwide opening weekend for any film, holding the record until it was beaten by ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' a month later.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1286&p=.htm |title='King' of the World: $250M in 5 Days |date=22 December 2003 |first=Brandon |last=Gray |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=20 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619042637/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1286&p=.htm |archive-date=19 June 2012}}</ref> ''The Matrix Revolutions'' would also achieve the record for having the biggest international opening weekend for an R-rated film until 2015 when it was surpassed by ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/fifty-shades-of-grey-international-box-office-first-day-1201372179/ |title='Fifty Shades' Higher In Global Bow At $266.6M; Record R-Rated Opening Overseas – Tuesday Update |author=Nancy Tartaglione |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214080553/http://deadline.com/2015/02/fifty-shades-of-grey-international-box-office-first-day-1201372179/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film grossed over $139 million in North America and approximately $427 million worldwide,<ref name="Mojo"/> roughly half of ''The Matrix Reloaded'' box-office total, and was the [[2003 in film|eighth-highest-grossing film of 2003]].