 "The Day of the Jackal" received positive reviews and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best Editing (Ralph Kemplen), five additional BAFTA Award nominations, two Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Oscar nomination.The film grossed $16,056,255 at the box office, and earned an additional $8,525,000 in North American rentals.The British Film Institute ranked it the 74th greatest British film of the 20th century.