, ▁and ▁currently ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 9 1 % ▁on ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁from ▁ 4 3 ▁reviews . ▁The ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads : ▁" K ub rick ' s ▁L ol ita ▁adapt s ▁its ▁seem ingly ▁un ada pt able ▁source ▁material ▁with ▁a ▁s ly ▁com edic ▁touch ▁and ▁a ▁ster ling ▁performance ▁by ▁James ▁Mason ▁that ▁transform s ▁the ▁controvers ial ▁novel ▁into ▁something ▁ref res hing ly ▁new ▁without ▁sacrific ing ▁its ▁essential ▁edge ." ▁Fil mm aker ▁David ▁Lyn ch ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁L ol ita ▁is ▁his ▁favour ite ▁Kub rick ▁film . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁success . ▁Produ ced ▁on ▁budget ▁of ▁$ 2 ▁million , ▁L ol ita ▁gross ed ▁$ 9 , 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁dom est ically . ▁During ▁its ▁initial ▁run , ▁the ▁movie ▁earned ▁an ▁estimated ▁$ 4 . 5 ▁million ▁in ▁North ▁American ▁rent als . ▁ ▁Years ▁after ▁the ▁film ' s ▁release ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁re - re leased ▁on ▁V HS , ▁Las erd isc , ▁DVD , ▁and ▁Bl u - ray . ▁It ▁earned ▁$ 3 . 7 ▁million ▁in ▁rent als ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁on ▁V HS . ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁hon ors ▁ ▁Altern ate ▁versions ▁ ▁The ▁scene ▁where ▁L ol ita ▁first ▁" s edu ces " ▁Hum bert ▁as ▁he ▁lies ▁on ▁the ▁cot ▁is ▁approximately ▁ 1 0 ▁seconds ▁longer ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁Australian ▁cut ▁of ▁the ▁film