Release
Released in late 1976, the film was a modest success, bringing in just over $2.7 million in the US. However, Paramount released it limited, usually dumping it onto second-tier theaters in a double-bill with The Bad News Bears, which had already been out for six months, and was no longer much of a draw. The film eventually gained a cult following in the US during home video sales and airings on HBO. The film performed well in the UK and Japan, however.
By 1985 it had earned an estimated profit of £1,854,000.
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