Complex sentence: The film was one of Hitchcock's few true comedies (though most of his films had some element of tongue-in-cheek or macabre humor); however it was a box office disappointment, earning only $3.5 million in The United States.
Split into simpler sentences: The film was one of Hitchcock's few true comedies (though most of his films had some element of tongue-in-cheek or macabre humor). It was a box office disappointment, earning only $3.5 million in the United States.