By September 1980, the festival exposure prompted 20th Century-Fox to hold over a month of preview screenings at the UA Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles; a nationwide release was also considered. Despite even worse acclaim this time, Altman remarked that this run "did respectable business, considering that there was no advertising. But it's finished, dead, buried." Ultimately, "HealtH" would be Altman's last film for Fox; his experiences would later convince him to skip major distribution for "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean".