 The film was a modest success, grossing $18.4 million in the US (equivalent to $ million in dollars ).Her portrayal of Susie, however, drew rave reviews from critics.Critic Roger Ebert compared her to Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" and to Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot", adding that the film was "one of the movies they will use as a document, years from now, when they begin to trace the steps by which Pfeiffer became a great star".