Box Office
The movie was given an X rating by the MPAA. The film premiered at the 57th Street Playhouse in New York City. In many theaters it was shown after Deep Throat as part of a double bill. TDIMJ broke the box office record for a pornographic film. It was more commercially successful than both Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door, and successfully competed against mainstream films. It earned $15 million in gross rental at the U.S. box office, making it the tenth most successful film of 1973, just behind Paper Moon and Live and Let Die.
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