"Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With a production budget of $125 million, and box-office gross receipts of $215.4 million (domestic) and $546.4 million (worldwide).This was the highest grossing film of the series, though not the most profitable (the first brought in $457 million worldwide with an $80 million budget).During showings, audience members arrived in cross-dressing lingerie, danced in the aisles, and participated in a song-along.He chides his wife about often losing things: "You might lose it.You know, you are inclined o lose things, Paula," and drops it in her handbag "for safe keeping." He makes a great show of placing it inside, and teasing her: "Now, you""ll remember where it is," although he cleverly palms the brooch.On a whim and in front of his wife, he proposed to purchase Varinia (due to his liking her "spirit") for 2,000 sesterces, and Batiatus agreed to have his steward escort her to Rome the next day...if you really feel you should do this, then you should do it." The next day (and for days to come), neighbors gathered on the road nearby to watch as "damned fool" Ray plowed under his cornfield and constructed a baseball diamond (with bleachers and floodlights) - a self-destructive non-sensical decision.