Little Shop of Horrors (film) December 19, 1986 and was anticipated to do strong business over the 1986 holiday season. The film grossed $39 million at the box office, which, from the viewpoint of the studio, was considered an underperformer. However, it became a smash hit upon its home video release in 1987 on VHS and Beta. Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected reviews to give it a score of 90% based on reviews from 48 critics, the general consensus states: "Remixing Roger Corman's B-movie by way of the Off-Broadway musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" offers camp, horror and catchy tunes in equal measure—plus some inspired cameos
Horrors of the Black Museum gimmicks at that time." The film was given a wide release in the US on a double bill with "The Headless Ghost". It was very popular and earned over $1 million in profits. Cohen estimated 72% of the audience for this sort of film was aged between 12 and 26. Cohen says when the movie was released on television they had to take off the hypnotism prologue "because it does hypnotize some people." The film was later inducted into the Museum of Modern Art at the behest of Martin Scorsese. Horrors of the Black Museum Horrors of the Black Museum