Impact
Along with Deep Throat, released the same year, the movie launched the "porno chic" boom and started what is now referred to as the "Golden Age of Porn." Along with Deep Throat it was the first hardcore porn film to reach a mass mixed-sex audience. Prior to Behind the Green Door, most of the Mitchell Brothers' 200 or so films had only been shown in their O'Farrell Theater. Made with a budget of $60,000, it achieved a nationwide theatrical release which earned over $1 million. The movie ultimately grossed over $50 million including its video release, which was controlled exclusively by the Mitchells out of their headquarters in the O'Farrell Theatre, San Francisco. It was the fourth biggest box office film of the year and one of the biggest box office successes of the 1970s, alongside Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones. It was even screened at the Cannes Film Festival. After its release criminals used extortion in an attempt to obtain the rights to the film.
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