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Bombs Away: Creature Opens to $220 Per Screen, 6 People Per Showing

Bombs Away: Creature Opens to $220 Per Screen, 6 People Per Showing

It's no Worst Movie EVER!, but it's close: Over the weekend the indie horror pic Creature, opening in a surprising 1,500 locations, made box office history, all right... just not the kind filmmakers were hoping for. Despite attempts to create what they described as a "new template" for indie film distribution, the folks behind Creature -- including Sid Sheinberg, former president of Universal Pictures -- instead earned a place among the worst wide-release openings of all time.

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