Editing Some Like It Hot (section)

===Box office===
[[File:Big Sky Drive-in Ad - 2 July 1959, Chula Vista, CA.jpg|thumb|July 2, 1959, newspaper advertisement for a drive-in theater viewing of the film]]
By 1962, ''Some Like It Hot'' had grossed $14 million in the US.<ref>[[Axel Madsen|Madsen, Axel]]. ''Billy Wilder''. [[Secker & Warburg]]. 1968.</ref> According to [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]], the film ultimately grossed $25 million in the US.<ref>[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Some-Like-it-Hot#tab=summary "Some Like it Hot (1959) – Financial Information"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009190003/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Some-Like-it-Hot#tab=summary |date=October 9, 2020 }}. [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]. Retrieved 7 October 2020.</ref> As of 2020, it had grossed over $83.2 million internationally.<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0053291/ "Some Like It Hot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011163203/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0053291/ |date=October 11, 2020 }}. [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved 7 October 2020.</ref>

The film opened in the week ended March 24, 1959, in several cities in the United States; the highest grossing of which were in Chicago, where it grossed $45,000 at the [[United Artists Theatre (Chicago)|United Artists Theatre]] with Monroe making an appearance, and in Washington, D.C., where it grossed $40,000 at the Capitol Theatre.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n256/mode/1up|title=Socko Pix Fatten Chi B.O.|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 25, 1959|page=9|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n256/mode/1up|title=Monroe Mighty $40,000 D.C. Ace|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 25, 1959|page=9|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> With results from just six key cities, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' listed it as the third highest-grossing film in the United States for the week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n251/mode/1up|title=National Boxoffice Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 25, 1959|page=4|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

The film then expanded to 100 theatres around the country for the [[Easter]] holiday,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n82/mode/1up|title='Hot' Hits 100 at Easter|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 11, 1959|page=19|access-date=June 23, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> including at the newly renovated [[Loew's State Theatre (New York City)|State Theatre]] in New York City on Sunday, March 29, 1959,<ref name="AFI">{{AFI film|id=53017|title=Some Like It Hot}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-04#page/n8/mode/1up|title=Easter Time – And Biz is Risen|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 1, 1959|page=9|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> and became number one in the country and remained there for three weeks before being knocked off the top by ''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-04#page/n316/mode/1up|title=National Box Office Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 22, 1959|page=5|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> ''Imitation of Life'' was top for two weeks before being replaced again by ''Some Like It Hot'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-05#page/n2/mode/1up|title=National Boxoffice Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 5, 1959|page=3|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> which remained there for another four weeks before being replaced by ''[[Pork Chop Hill (film)|Pork Chop Hill]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety215-1959-06#page/n3/mode/1up|title=National Boxoffice Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 3, 1959|page=4|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> In its first month, the film grossed $2,585,120 from 96 engagements.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-05#page/n17/mode/1up|title='Hot' Big on 96 Dates|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 6, 1959|page=18|access-date=January 8, 2021|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>