When The Exorcist was released, it was such a phenomenon that it was just as captivating as America's biggest political scandal.
There was a lot going on at the end of 1973 heading into the new year. The President of the United States Richard Nixon was embroiled in the fallout from the bungled robbery attempt of the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel, and a revolutionary horror classic hit movie screens just a day after Christmas.
'The Exorcist' Fans Started Fights in the Streets The main reason The Exorcist became one of the two hottest topics in the country is really the way audiences reacted to it.
‘The Exorcist’ Seemed To Cause More Panic Than Watergate If you look at what happened at the box office during the sensational opening of The Exorcist, people seem to prefer getting sick and collapsing due to a terrifying film to getting sick over guys like Nixon and G. Gordon Liddy looking like complete idiots. In just one week and in just two dozen theaters, the movie made more than $93,000. That is a remarkable total for the time.
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