Release
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was not released in the US until December 29, 1967. The original Italian domestic version was 2 hours, 57 minutes long; but the international version was 2 hours, 41 minutes—16 minutes shorter.
Given that the Italian Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo literally translates to the English: The Good, the Ugly, the Bad, reversing the last two adjectives, advertisements for the original Italian release show Tuco before Angel Eyes, and, when translated into English, erroneously label Angel Eyes as "The Ugly" and Tuco as "The Bad".
Opening on December 15, 1966 in Italy and in the United States on December 23, 1967, the film grossed $6.3 million.
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