The Good, the Bad and the Ugly opened in Italy on 23 December 1966,[REF][REF] and grossed $6.3 million at that time [REF].
In the United States, A Fistful of Dollars was released 18 January 1967 (28 months after its initial Italian release);[REF] For a Few Dollars More was released 10 May 1967 (17 months);[REF] and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was released 29 December 1967 (12 months) [REF].