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re: SOME LIKE IT HOT -- the '59 Film--Thank you
Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:46 am EST 12/23/22
In reply to: re: SOME LIKE IT HOT -- the '59 Film--Thank you - comedywest 10:30 am EST 12/23/22

Wikipedia lists the gross for the original release in 1959 as $49 million, which is an astounding profit for that time. I remember going to the movies as an 11-year old kid with my friends to see it (even though the nuns and priests at my Catholic grade school told us we'd burn in hell if we did). I'm guessing that the $83.2 million figure in 2020 includes all the revenue from TV showings, video sales, theatrical re-issues, and stuff like that.
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re: SOME LIKE IT HOT -- the '59 Film--Thank you
Posted by: comedywest 12:03 pm EST 12/23/22
In reply to: re: SOME LIKE IT HOT -- the '59 Film--Thank you - BroadwayTonyJ 10:46 am EST 12/23/22

OK...$83.2 is still pretty darn good. I went to Catholic school too. Hell never sounded so good. I just saw it again a month ago. Every time I see it, i notice something new. Like this time a little thing: When Joe is to meet Sugar at the dock, she is ahead of him and waiting, so he has to take a bike. At the end, when his is running from the mob, he is at the dock first and she takes a bike. There are plenty of other callbacks, like the Hupmobiie references.
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