..They""re not doing any more musical shows...Is it my fault if somebody invented talking pictures?"His spoiled, mercenary and materialistic wife immediately presented him with divorce papers to sign, now that Kent could no longer buy her clothes and provide her with good times.In flashback, identifying himself as the killer in he opening scene, he tersely dictates a confession of murder to a fellow worker [a surrogate father figure], dated July 16, 1938.[Note: The film""s themes mirrored two historical incidents in the US: (1) the Congressional HUAC Committee""s hearings o pressure witnesses to name names (Spartacus"" defeated followers refused to divulge his identity), and (2) the 1960""s Civil Rights Movement to end segregation and liberate those who were oppressed.Sidney: He""s punishing me.His kid sister is having a romance with some guitar player.He asked me to break it up.I thought I did, but maybe I didn""t.Now I gotta go find out.And Hunsecker""s the golden ladder to the places I wanna get.Sally: But Sidney, you make a living.Where do you want to get?Sidney: Way up high, Sam, where it""s always balmy.Where no one snaps his fingers and says, ""Hey, Shrimp, rack the balls!"" Or, ""Hey, mouse, mouse, go out and buy me a pack of butts.3 million.At the time, the film had the highest-opening weekend of all time, at $248 million.To date (2018), the film remains the highest-grossing (domestic) film of all-time, if unadjusted for inflation.