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Financial analysis of Little Shop of Horrors (1986) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
- December 19th, 1986 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
- 94 minutes
- November 19th, 2020 (Limited) (Australia)
- April 1st, 1992 by Warner Home Video
- Production Details
- Original Casting
- Zero Green-Screen FX
- Grow For Me FX
- Dr. Scrivello's Dental Tools
- Bill Murray's Improv
- Double Crane Shot
- Suppertime Number
- Original Ending
- Recalled 1998 DVD
At the time it was produced, Little Shop of Horrors was the most expensive movie in the history of Warner Bros. It had a budget of $25 million, besting the previous record holder of Aliens' $18-million budget. The entire movie was filmed on the largest sound stage at Pinewood Studios in England. The set was dubbed the "the 007stage" due to its gran...
The only cast member of the stage production to appear in the film was Ellen Greene as Audrey. Prior to her casting, Cyndi Lauper and Madonna were considered for the role. Eddie Murphywas also considered to voice Audrey II (Levi Stubbs). RELATED: John Candy's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes In addition, John Candy was offered the role ...
There were no digital optical effects, green-screens, or CGI used in the making of Little Shop of Horrors. To achieve the various sizes of Audrey II, six different sizes of the plant were constructed. Three different scales of Mushnik's flower shop were also built, allowing production to work on different sizes of the plant simultaneously. Once fil...
One of the most iconic scenes in the film comes when Audrey II grows for the first time on-screen. The sequence takes place immediately following Seymour's passionate plea in the song "Grow for Me." To achieve the growth of the plant on-screen, the plant was placed on a small dolly track hidden below the coffee can flower pot. When Oz called "actio...
Steve Martin spent six weeks filming his role as the sadomasochistic dentist, Dr. Orin Scrivello. It was Martin's idea to have his character punch the nurse in the face and rip the head off the little girl's doll. RELATED: Steve Martin's 10 Best Movies, According To IMDB In addition, several of Dr. Scrivello's dental equipment appears in Tim Burton...
The always incredible Bill Murrayimprovised most of his scenes as the masochistic dental patient, Arthur Denton. While he filmed the scene of his character in the waiting room as scripted, his lines while in the dental chair were ad-libbed on the spot. As a result of Murray's wildly different lines in each take during two days of filming, the edito...
For the elevated pull-away of Audrey after she completes the solo number "Somewhere That's Green," not one but two large cranes were needed to achieve the lengthy shot. The logistical challenge required two film cranes sitting on top of each other, with the camera quickly transferred from one to the other as the first reached its height limit. The ...
Two different sized Audrey II props were used for the making of the iconic "Suppertime" number. When the plant is seen alone in Mushnik's shop, it is much smaller than it appears on-screen. To force perspective, the flower shop set was made much smaller to make the plant appear quite large. RELATED: 10 Movie Musicals Audiences Loved, According To R...
The original ending of Little Shop of Horrors was far different that was is shown in the final version. Much like the musical stage production, the film was supposed to end with Audrey II eating Seymour and Audrey before overtaking the entire city of New York in a plot for world domination. The original ending was filmed but was such a disaster in ...
In regards to the original dark ending, it was restored on the 1998 special edition DVD release of the film. However, the DVDs were recalled just days after hitting the public when producer David Geffen planned to re-release the film in theaters with the original ending intact. While the movie failed to be shown in theaters with the original "Every...
- Jake Dee
The Little Shop of Horrors was shot on a budget of $28,000 (equivalent to $288,000 in 2023). Interiors were shot in two days, by utilizing sets that had been left standing from A Bucket of Blood. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Dec 14, 2021 · How in the world did they manage to make a movie out of Little Shop of Horrors? The premise of the film is so absurd — an evil plant arrives on Earth to demand human blood from an unassuming botanist and take over the planet — that it seems like the whole thing is one big joke.
Nov 28, 2022 · According to a 2021 retrospective of "Little Shop of Horrors" from the Hollywood Reporter written in celebration of the film's 35th anniversary, Frank Oz revealed some of the studio deals —...
- Witney Seibold
Produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000, [2] it was well received by critics and audiences alike, eventually developing a cult following.
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Apr 1, 2024 · Little Shop of Horrors’ origins date back to 1894, with English writer H.G. Wells’s curious short story The Flowering of the Strange Orchid, about a man-eating carnivorous plant.
