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In its opening weekend, Animal House grossed $276,538 in twelve theaters in New York before expanding to 500 theaters. [60] [4] It grossed $120.1 million ($561,038,571 in today's money) in the United States and Canada in its initial release and went on to achieve a lifetime gross of $141.6 million, generating theatrical rentals of $70.8 million.
Charming Guy's guitar was smashed against a staircase wall at the Delta Tau Chi house by John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi). The scene was filmed twice and Bishop had the second smashed guitar signed by the cast and framed. [12] He appeared in The Blues Brothers (1980), billed as "Charming Trooper", who breaks his watch during a mall chase.
Otis Day and the Knights was a fictional R&B band shown performing in the 1978 movie National Lampoon's Animal House.Following the success of the film the actor portraying the group's lead singer acquired the rights to the name and created a real musical act that toured and recorded an album during the 1980s.
Starring John Belushi and written by Doug Kenney, Harold Ramis and Chris Miller, Animal House became one of the highest-grossing comedy films of all time. [1] Produced on a low budget, it was so enormously profitable that from that point onward for the next two decades, the name "National Lampoon" applied to the title of a movie was considered ...
There was an all-you-can-eat buffet provided by a Japanese restaurant. [A friend] and I considered starting a food fight, inspired by that scene in Animal House in honor of Doug — 'He would have wanted it that way' — but we decided it would be in terrible taste, and out of respect for all the other mourners, we resisted the temptation." [13 ...
He also attended the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater for a year, which inspired the Animal House scene of D-Day driving a motorcycle up the stairs. [16] Belushi acquired the iconic "College" crewneck, worn by his character in Animal House, at a print shop when visiting his brother Jim, who attended Southern Illinois University. [17]
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National Lampoon's Animal House: 1978 83 "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make." Count Dracula: Bela Lugosi: Dracula: 1931 84 "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast." [z] Carl Denham: Robert Armstrong: King Kong: 1933 85 "My precious." Gollum: Andy Serkis: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ...