Editing Indecent Proposal (section)

===Box office===
''Indecent Proposal'' was a box office success, grossing $106,614,059 in the US and Canada and $159,985,941 internationally for a worldwide total of $266,600,000.<ref name=Num>{{cite web |title=Indecent Proposal |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Indecent-Proposal-(1993) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804204003/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Indecent-Proposal-(1993) |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=mojo>{{cite web | url = https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indecentproposal.htm | title = Indecent Proposal | website = [[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date = 2010-05-29 | archive-date = 2010-06-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100620164933/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indecentproposal.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>

The film opened on 1,694 screens in the United States and Canada on April 7, 1993, and grossed $18,387,632 in its opening weekend to [[List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United States|top the US box office]], the biggest opening at the time for an April release. It was number one for four weeks<ref name=mojo/> and became the sixth highest-grossing film of 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Domestic Box Office For 1993 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1993/?grossesOption |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> Some journalists attributed the audience turnout to Paramount’s strong marketing campaign, as well as the film's sensational premise that made for heated debates.<ref name=Wells>{{cite news|title=Here's a Critic-Proof 'Proposal'|last=Wells|first=Jeffrey|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1993-04-13|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-13-ca-22312-story.html|access-date=2010-10-24|archive-date=2012-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103040652/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-04-13/entertainment/ca-22312_1_indecent-proposal|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reid">{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Joe |title=An 'Indecent Proposal' Remake Could Never Recapture How Scandalous The Original Was |url=https://decider.com/2018/08/06/indecent-proposal-90s-cultural-controversy/ |access-date=15 June 2023 |work=[[Decider (website)|Decider]] |date=August 6, 2018 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531025251/https://decider.com/2018/08/06/indecent-proposal-90s-cultural-controversy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Galbraith" />

It entered international release on April 23, 1993, previewing on 66 screens in Australia for the weekend. Despite only playing for three days, it [[List of 1993 box office number-one films in Australia|topped the Australian box office]] for the week with a three-day gross of $0.8 million (A$1.16 million).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=7 May 1993|page=47|title=Indecent Down-under}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=34|date=3 May 1993|title=International box office|quote=$825,883; $A1=$0.71}}</ref> It officially opened in Australia on April 29 and remained at number one for four more weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=32|date=7 June 1993|title=International box office}}</ref> In the UK, it also benefited from previews in [[List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|topping the UK box office]] with an opening weekend gross of $2.4 million (£1.5 million) including previews.<ref name=ukopen>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=21 May 1993|page=25|title=Indecent gross}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=39|date=24 May 1993|title=European box office|quote=£1=$1.57}}</ref> It remained number one in the UK for three weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=43|date=14 June 1993|title=European box office}}</ref> In Italy, it was Paramount/[[United International Pictures]]' second biggest ever opening with an opening weekend gross of $1.6 million.<ref name=ukopen/>