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After its exclusive, week-long debut at the UA Westwood, The Rocky Horror Picture Show was scheduled to open in 10 Theaters in the U.S. as part of a general release beginning on Friday, October 3, 1975.

The take in its opening week at these 10 theaters was so low, that it did not register on any charts, and the film disappeared quickly. New York was originally on the roster for the national opening, but the theater that had scheduled it dropped the engagements after poor advance reviews. The 10 US prints of The Rocky Horror Picture Show circulated as "exclusive showings" at various theaters over the next few months until it was reissued (and more prints were struck) in October, 1976. The push was to get the film into in more "college town" theaters, and to help draw in audiences it was paired with Fox's Phantom of the Paradise, which also had a small, but growing cult following at the time.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show was tested in several theaters as a midnight-only movie beginning in early 1976 with a handful of engagements before the most famous booking at The Waverly Theater in New York City. By mid 1977, it was playing in 30 theaters in a regular rotation in the U.S.

Known Prime-Time Theatrical Engagement Locations

Santa Barbara, CA (9/75)
Varsity Theater - Austin, TX (9/75)
Colony Cinema - Winnipeg, Canada (10/75)
Arcadia Theater - Philadelphia, PA (12/75)
UA Cinema Center - Westwood, CA (12/75-3/76)
Varsity Theatre - St Louis, MO 3/76-4/76)
Holly Theater - Hollywood, CA (3/76-9/76)
Parkway Theater - Las Vegas, NV (4/28/76-5/4/76)
UA Chris-Town Mall Cinemas 6 - Phoenix, AZ (5/76)
Des Moines, IA (5/16/76)
The Fort Drive In - Frederick, MD (9/2/76)
Towne Theatre - Oak Park, Michigan (9/29/76)

Early Midnight Theatrical Engagement Locations

Fox Venice Theater - LA, CA -9/25/25 Invitation-only advance midnight screening
Columbus, OH (2/76)
The Stage Door Theater - Madison, WI (3/76)
Varsity Theatre - St Louis, MO 3/76-4/76)Began as prime-time and became midnight-only in April
Waverly Theater -New York, (4/3/75) Gentilly Orleans Theater -New Orleans, LA (4/76)
Riverside Twin- Austin, TX (4/76)
Sherman Theater - Sherman Oaks, CA(5/77)
Tiffany Theater - West Hollywood, CA (6/10/77)