The amount of money that was made from The Rocky Horror Picture Show can not be touched by other movies. This is because of the low cost it took to make the film. In all it is estimated that The Rocky Horror Picture Show has a budget of a little more than one million dollars. In all, the movie has made over 139 million dollars in the United States alone. The great thing about The Rocky Horror Picture Show is that is has been out for more than thirty years, and it is still playing in some theaters today ( in limited release of course). You will see a jump in the number of places playing this film around Halloween in the United States. This is a film that is not just going to go away; the number of fans it has it too great for The Rocky Horror Picture Show to just lay down and go soundly into that long good night. People are going to keep going to this film, and that is why it is still being played in theaters. Usually after a movie has been out for a while (like a month or so) it gets taken out of theaters and moved to DVD. However, this is not the case for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, it has been around a lot longer than a few months. In fact, very few movies ever get put back in theaters after being taken out for whatever reason. Normally the only reason a movie goes back into theaters after being taken out is if it ends up winning a lot of awards.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a classic, known around the world. Although, not everyone has seen this film, most people have heard of it. This goes for every place in the world, not just America. This is one of those films that is going to be playing in select theaters around the world for the rest of our lives. As new people come to watch one of the greatest musicals of all time, it gains a bigger fan base. Normally as a movie ages, it loses all of its fans, but that is not the case here. This is the perfect movie to watch in theaters because everyone loves getting in on the movie.