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I thought only the first came to theaters?

posted 17 years ago by riveoside
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I just read that the second did too. What about the 3rd movie. Was that direct to video or theaters first?

[–] jaws-3D 17 years ago

The first two were in cinemas, the rest were straight to video.

[–] RADinaRy 16 years ago

3 actually had some limited releases.

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[–] NSFB17 16 years ago

The second movie made about $2 at the box office, so it's no surprise that they just started sending them straight to video.

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[–] v-mck 16 years ago

I can attest to the fact that the second one was in theaters. I decided to go see it the Monday after its opening weekend and the movie was already out of theaters. I was so bummed.

[–] jpjasonphelps 15 years ago

I remember seeing the original in a theater when I was 13. Then I just
remember seeing the rest of them just at videostores.

[–] Mamakittie 15 years ago

I think the whole concepts of the movies after the first film just made it very hard to want to even try to put them in theatres, I mean the first had somewhat of a concept and a plot but the next few were like,WTF? I still enjoy them to this day because they do scare me yet help take the edge off with the whole humor aspect of it. I would love to see another one that was an actual gory horror film made by an awesome director and had a great script and put that in theatres.

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[–] ccw81 15 years ago

I remember 2 having a very limited release but thought from 3 and after was DTV.

[–] Father_Anthonis 15 years ago

The 3rd was not in theaters?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TzcANOHiDo

[–] anaconda89 13 years ago

No it wasn't. The first 2 were the only ones with wide releases. The 5th one I think had a very limited release but overall the rest were straight to video.

Surprisingly the first one was a hit at the box office but the public just didn't catch on with the rest of the series.

[–] bartallenii 13 years ago

I read somewhere that the fifth movie was supposed to get a theatrical release (there was also talk of a Leprechaun toy around that time), but nothing ever came of it.

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