United Kingdom Box Office for The Rocky Horror Picture Show + Q&A (40th Anniversary) (1975)

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $948,990Details
Worldwide Box Office $41,746,656Details
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Synopsis

The divine film adaptation from Richard O’Brien’s British musical horror comedy/rock opera features Brad and Janet, a couple who find themselves lost on a cold, rainy night. The madcap, musical mayhem begins when the couple takes refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter as he is about to unveil his greatest creation—and have a bit of fun with his reluctant guests.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$1,200,000
United Kingdom Releases: November 12th, 2015 (Special Engagement), released as The Rocky Horror Picture Show + Q&A (40th Anniversary)
Video Release: November 4th, 1992 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 98 minutes
Keywords: Midnight Movie, Cult Movie, Alien Invasion, LGBTQ+, Cannibalism, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author, Comedy Musical, Romance
Source:Based on Musical or Opera
Genre:Musical
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: 20th Century Fox, Michael White Productions
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

DVD Sales: Dragons Prey on New Releases

November 2nd, 2010

New releases failed to make much of an impact on this week's DVD sales chart with only one placing in the top five and only two or three others in the top 30. This left How to Train Your Dragon on top with an easy win at 1.42 million units for the week. This gives it totals of 3.29 million / $70.40 million in consumer spending at retail, which makes it the third-best-selling DVD for any 2010 theatrical release and the eighth-best-selling DVD of the year. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for October 19th, 2010

October 18th, 2010

There's a bit of a lull in activity on the home market this week, at least in terms of big sellers. The best selling release is Predators and while I recommend picking up the Blu-ray, the movie barely made $50 million at the box office, so I have realistic expectations regarding its sales potential. Meanwhile, the Pick of the Week is a classic from 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 35th Anniversary Blu-ray. More...

Featured Blu-ray Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

October 17th, 2010

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of those movies I'm almost embarrassed to say I've never seen, at least I've never seen the whole thing in one sitting. It is one of the most famous movies of all time and has a dedicated fanbase that treats the movie more like a religion more than mere entertainment. It was based on the musical written by Richard O'Brien, who is best known for providing the voice for Lawrence Fletcher on Phineas and Ferb, which means I have a sudden urge to quote that show throughout my review. I'll try and fight that urge. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2017/10/27 - $4,453   6 $742   $147,828 103
2020/08/28 - $2,335   1 $2,335   $629,429 251
2020/10/09 - $12,217   84 $145   $625,687 257
2020/10/23 - $4,672   63 $74   $632,182 259
2020/10/30 - $51,706 +1,007% 122 $424   $684,485 260
2020/11/06 - $422 -99% 1 $422   $701,302 261
2020/11/13 - $669 +59% 2 $335   $702,709 262
2020/12/18 - $919   1 $919   $721,024 267
2021/10/08 - $5,444   70 $78   $735,731 309
2021/10/22 - $4,466   11 $406   $755,541 311
2021/10/29 - $9,394 +110% 20 $470   $764,604 312
2022/08/12 - $4,090   1 $4,090   $695,029 353
2022/08/19 - $3,457 -15% 1 $3,457   $680,097 354
2022/09/02 - $1,309   1 $1,309   $668,251 356
2022/10/28 - $9,530   22 $433   $679,734 364
2023/04/21 - $2,629   2 $1,315   $755,492 389
2023/06/09 - $5,633   38 $148   $772,332 396
2023/08/11 - $4,235   2 $2,118   $788,817 405
2023/09/01 - $3,902   1 $3,902   $786,559 408
2023/10/13 - $9,879   14 $706   $778,521 414
2023/10/27 - $16,504   41 $403   $803,533 416
2024/03/22 - $1,677   1 $1,677   $886,931 437
2024/05/31 - $3,076   1 $3,076   $905,217 447
2024/10/11 - $2,194   1 $2,194   $934,372 466
2024/10/18 - $6,774 +209% 3 $2,258   $937,739 467
2024/10/25 - $13,285 +96% 24 $554   $948,990 468

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 12/18/1975 $0 0 72 336 $161,718 2/5/2021
New Zealand 7/3/2003 $0 0 25 142 $29,039 11/4/2024
North America 9/26/1975 $21,245 2 250 801 $40,564,000
South Korea 6/20/1998 $0 0 11 15 $42,909 10/5/2018
United Kingdom 11/12/2015 $0 0 122 534 $948,990 10/30/2024
 
Worldwide Total$41,746,656 11/4/2024

Leading Cast

Tim Curry    Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Susan Sarandon    Janet Weiss (A Heroine)
Barry Bostwick    Brad Majors

Supporting Cast

Richard O'Brien    Riff Raff
Meat Loaf    Eddie

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jim Sharman    Director
Richard O'Brien    Screenwriter
Jim Sharman    Screenwriter
Richard O'Brien    Story Creator