Reception
Pale Rider was released in the United States in June 1985, and became the highest grossing western of the 1980s. The film received positive reviews, and currently holds a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert praised the film, giving it four out of four stars.
The movie was a success at the North American box office, grossing $41,410,568 against a $6,900,000 budget.
The film was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
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