Reception
With a budget of $21 million and with $123,306,987 in ticket sales, the film was a big commercial success. The film opened at the number 2 spot with $18,865,080 in the United States, behind Titanic.
The film received generally positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 67% based on reviews from 60 critics, with an average rating of 6.1/10.
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“He’s leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropf’s and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
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—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)