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Originally posted by punkworld
Actually, the budget for Caligula was $17.5M, and it made less than $10k in the opening weekend. I believe the thing never even broke the $100k barrier, so it's one of the biggest flops ever.
It's also pretty much the reason that adult and mainstream haven't mixed more. Deep Throat broke opened up the possibility, by turning a few dozen k $ into a few dozen M $, and Caligula closed it again.
Ofcourse, Caligula and shocking stuff in general is pretty much the worst way to mix adult and mainstream... it scares off a large part of the potential audience. If you want to mix adult and mainstream, something like a romantic comedy would be a much better (and more profitable) choice.
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Actually, your wrong! Caligula did not do great in the Thetre but has easily become one of the top selling videos of all time. My dist co. alone probably sold mor Caligula's than any other title. Including Debbie, Deep, Green Door..You name it, Caligula is an all time Classic! That's probably why it is one of the largest pirated videos on the market today as well. So the Video has nev er really beena flop!