In a review that was later quoted on the film's original home video cover, Richard Corliss from "Time" warned viewers "You may laugh yourself sick – as sick as this ruthlessly funny movie is." Corliss would later name the film his fifth favorite animated film of all time. The film had its fair share of critical detractors, without noting the conservative family groups offended by the film's humor. Jack Matthews of the "Daily News" suggested the film's running time made Parker and Stone "run out of ideas", while Roger Ebert stated that the "vicious social satire" of the film both "offended" and "amazed" him. Ebert rated the film 2 1/2 of 4 stars, calling it "the year's most slashing political commentary", but also said, "It is too long and runs out of steam, but it serves as a signpost for our troubled times. Just for the information it contains about the way we live now, thoughtful and concerned people should see it. After all, everyone else will." On a budget of $21 million, the film opened at number three behind "" and Disney's "Tarzan", with a gross of $14,783,983 over the four-day Independence Day weekend from 2,128 theaters for an average of $6,947 per theater ($11,090,000 and an average of $5,211 over three days) and a total of $19,637,409 since its Wednesday launch. It ended up with a gross of $52,037,603 in the United States and Canada, with the 3-day opening making up 22% of the final domestic gross. It made an additional $31.1 million internationally for a total of $83,137,603 worldwide. It was originally the highest-grossing R-rated animated film until it was surpassed by Seth Rogen's "Sausage Party" in 2016, which grossed $140 million worldwide. "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Blame Canada". When Parker and Stone attended the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony the two wore dresses as a joke. It was later revealed on "6 Days to Air" in 2011 that the two were high on LSD during the pre-show and the ceremony. When the time came to perform the track live at the ceremony, as is customary for the Academy Awards, it ran into trouble with ABC's standards and practices department: censors demanded they write TV-friendly lyrics.