"Variety" was impressed with its box office numbers in its first week in Los Angeles in a double bill with "X the Unknown" - "Curse" Terrific $30,900", when the average ticket price was 60 cents to $1.10. In an era when horror films typically played for one week, "Curse" was often held over for two and sometimes three weeks in major markets like Boston. In its first week at the Paramount Theatre on Broadway, "Variety" reported,"Curse" Wham $72,000" and noted,"it gave the Par flagship its biggest opening week on straight-film policy in the last two years".