Wilder's Some Like It Hot has been universally acclaimed as being one of the greatest films and one of the greatest comedies of all time. The National Film Registry selected it for preservation "for being culturally, historically, or asthetically significant." This sentiment has been confirmed by the following organizations: Library of Congress, Time Out Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, AFI, British Film Institute, Sight & Sound, The Guardian, New York Times, Cahiers du cinema, and countless others.
It was and continues to be wildly popular with movie going audiences. It was produced at a cost of $2.9 million and by 2020 had grossed $83.2 million internationally. |
