Creature was one for the record books. At 1,507 single-screen locations, the horror movie scared up $327,000, which was the fifth lowest-grossing opening on record for a nationwide release and the second-worst in terms of per-location average. To put it another way, it was the worst ever for a movie playing at 1,500 locations or more. Its per-showing attendance was less than six people, though Bucky Larson wasn’t much better at a little over eight.
I’m absolutely stunned that Creature managed to open in 1,507 theaters. Did they not have a marketing budget after buying all those prints? Christ, no one knew about this one. Not even the horror sites really covered it.
On a positive note, the failure of this film is decent news for my former CHUD.com co-worker Josh Miller, since his (horrible, horrible) flick Transylmania is no longer the worst film that’s opened at over 1,000 theaters.
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Creature was one for the record books. At 1,507 single-screen locations, the horror movie scared up $327,000, which was the fifth lowest-grossing opening on record for a nationwide release and the second-worst in terms of per-location average. To put it another way, it was the worst ever for a movie playing at 1,500 locations or more. Its per-showing attendance was less than six people, though Bucky Larson wasn’t much better at a little over eight.
