It Was Considered A Box Office Flop
While The Shawshank Redemption is now considered a masterpiece, movie did not perform well at the box office when it was first released. In fact, the film’s initial gross of $18 million did not even cover the cost of production. Despite receiving multiple Oscar nominations, the film made an additional $10 million but was still dubbed a box office bomb. Despite the film’s failure in theaters, Warner Home Video distributed 320,000 rental copies across the United States. Despite the fact that its distribution was considered hazardous, this helped the film become one of the year’s top-rented films.
It Was Considered A Box Office Flop
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