The Aftermath Wasn’t Nice
Nobody came off unscathed after the movie; not physically, not emotionally. Life for Hedren and Marshall became very uneasy, and they soon became distant. Hedren claims that the pair had stopped exchanging gifts by 1978.
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The $17 million figure would today be equal to $80 million. That’s definitely a lot, even considering the circumstances. The movie only made $2 million in return and was never released in America, because Marshall had a falling out with American studios.