Reception/box Office Performance/aftermath
Upon release in July 1953, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was greeted with rave reviews by both the critics and audiences. The film earned more than seven and a half million dollars at the box office and was the sixth highest-grossing film of 1953, right behind Monroe's next feature How to Marry a Millionaire. Monroe and Russell were both praised for their performances as Lorelei and Dorothy; and, as a result, the characters have become extremely popular in pop culture.
As a result of the film's success, Monroe and Russell were given the chance to put their hand and feet prints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre; a spectacle that got a lot of publicity for both actresses.
German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder declared it one of the ten best films ever made.
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