The film is a period piece set in 18th-century Somerset, Gloucestershire and London. Tom Jones was a success both critically and at the box office. At the 36th Academy Awards, it was nominated for ten Oscars, winning four: Best Picture, Best Director for Richardson, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score. It also won two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and three BAFTA Awards, including Best Film and Best British Film.
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In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked it as the 51st greatest British film of the 20th century.
The film was financially successful on its initial release in 1963. The film came out on June 26th, 1963 in United Kingdom while in the U.S. it came out October 6th, 1963. It came third for the year in British box-office receipts, and was the fourth most popular in the United States. Produced on a budget of $1 million, it earned over $17 million in theater rentals from the United States and Canada, and another $4 million in markets other than the UK and U.S. Finney received 10% of the film's earnings.
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