People above 30, Why you didn't watch Labyrinth at theaters?

I was 13 at the time and had no money. I ended up seeing it on HBO and loved it, like most HBO movies I was shown over and over and I must of seen it 40 times. To this day I still love it.

I first recall seeing Labyrinth when it first came out on VHS... so I took a look at boxofficemojo to see when it originally ran in theaters and figure out what I was doing at that point in my life.... turns out Labyrinth only ran for three weeks from June to July in 1986 - a very short run.

During the summer of '86, I was twenty-one. I had my first professional job (a college internship paying little more than minimum wage), I was subleasing an apartment for the summer so I had my first real bills, and my first serious GF. Looking at the list of movies released in 1986, I realized that I didn't see a single movie released that summer until they later hit VHS. I suspect that my tight financial situation precluded me from going to the movies that summer.

my parents didn't let me go. it was the last mistake they ever made

I did get to see it in theaters! I got taken to see it for my 7th birthday. I don't recall commercials or ads for it though. I fell in love with the movie immediately and it remains my all-time favourite to this day! =)

I was newly married, almost 22, and my husband and I saw it with another couple because we were all Muppet Show and Jim Henson fanatics! The movie did not disappoint us either. It's still one of my top 5 favorites! I think at the time it was not marketed to its full potential. And the Muppets were only big with a select few. Before ComicCon became really big and mainstream. My group was ahead of their time in the 80s. ;)

I saw it in the theatre & I LOVED it! I thought it was so cool and so did my friends & family. I don't remember it being unpopular at the time - mildly popular - not a blockbuster, but not a dud.

When this was released, I was about 15 years old.

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Maybe because we either could not afford it, or, it just did not show in theaters around their area(Mainly mine, for sure, or my dad would have taken me.), and my dad, who is a Vietnam Vet, loved this movie, as well, which, he does NOT like cartoons, so, that in itself should tell you, how great a movie this really was, and same goes for "The Dark Crystal"!

Huh? In 1986 I was 17, I went because of Bowie, and you couldn't swing a cat in the theatre for all the Bowie fans. None of us remotely cared about the movie itself, but we did pay for entry!
(Well, I also went to Absolute Beginners because of Bowie... urghhh)