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Which 1975 musical horror-comedy lost about $1 million on its initial release but later became cinema's longest continuously running theatrical release?
Answer
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped commercially in 1975, but repeat midnight screenings starting in the late 1970s built a fiercely loyal cult audience that kept it running continuously in theaters for decades.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped on release, losing $1 million. Midnight screenings years later turned it into cinema's longest-running theatrical release.
Other options people guess
- Blade Runner
- The Big Lebowski
- Donnie Darko
Topics
- cult-classic
- movies
- 1970s
- box-office
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