On a budget of $2.2 million, the domestic box-office revenue totaled $7.27 million.The film""s success earned Monroe better roles opposite such stars as Laurence Olivier (as Elsie inThe Prince and the Showgirl (1957)), Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk inSome Like It Hot (1959)), and Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift (as Roslyn Taber inThe Misfits (1961)), before her untimely death at the age of 36 in 1962.It has all the elements of greatfilm noir- a stark opening sequence, destructive femme fatales, low-life cheap gangsters, an anti-hero, expressionistically-lit night-time scenes, a vengeful quest, and a dark mood of hopelessness.Suddenly, the film returned to the Steven Spielberg-directedAustinpussyfilm from the prologue, starring Tom Cruise as Austin Powers.With a lascivious look on his face, he chases after Elaine for a playful tryst in the cemetery "right out here in the open with everyone looking.