Editing Adam's Rib (section)

==Reception==
[[File:Adam's Rib (1949 alternate poster).jpg|thumb|Alternate theatrical poster]]
According to MGM records, the film earned $2,971,000 in the US and Canada and $976,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $826,000.<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref><ref name="top">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety177-1950-01#page/n58/mode/1up|title=Top Grossers of 1949|magazine=Variety|date=January 4, 1950|page=59}}</ref>

[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] staff reviewing the film on December 31, 1949, praised the "...bright comedy success, belting over a succession of sophisticated laughs...This is the sixth Metro teaming of Tracy and Hepburn, and their approach to marital relations around their own hearth is delightfully saucy. A better realization on type than Holliday's portrayal of a dumb Brooklyn femme doesn't seem possible."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1949/film/people-news/adam-s-rib-1200416713/|title=Adam's Rib|date=1950-01-01|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>

On review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Adam's Rib'' has a "Fresh" score of 96% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 8.04/10; the consensus for the film says: "Matched by Garson Kanin's witty, sophisticated screenplay, George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, and {{sic|Kathe|rine}} Hepburn are all in top form in the classic comedy Adam's Rib."<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000253_adams_rib "Adam's Rib (1949) - Rotten Tomatoes"]. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>

[[Leonard Maltin]] gives the film four out of four stars, describing it as "[o]ne of Hollywood's greatest comedies about the battle of the sexes, with peerless Tracy and Hepburn supported by movie newcomers Holliday, Ewell, Hagen, and Wayne."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F60TAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hollywood%27s+greatest+comedies+about+the+battle+of+the+sexes%22&pg=PT33|title=Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide|author=Leonard Maltin|date=September 2, 2014 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780698183612 }}</ref>