Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" has gone down as among the defining moments in late-'60s American cinema. Newman and Redford's chemistry was praised as was the film's charm and humor. The film earned $15 million in rentals in North America during its first year of release. With US box office of over US$100 million, it was the top-grossing film of the year. Adjusted for inflation, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ranks as the 34th top-grossing film of all time and the top 10 for its decade, due in part to subsequent re-releases. It was the eighth most popular
Butch Cassidy entered the house the next morning, whereupon they found two bodies, both with numerous bullet wounds to the arms and legs. The man assumed to be Longabaugh had a bullet wound in the forehead and the man thought to be Cassidy had a bullet hole in the temple. The local police report speculated that, judging from the positions of the bodies, Cassidy had probably shot the fatally wounded Longabaugh to put him out of his misery, just before killing himself. In the following investigation by the Tupiza police, the bandits were identified as the men who robbed the Aramayo payroll