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5. Well... in one sense, *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*

Reply to Morbius (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 05:47 AM

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in that its worldwide gross was just under $3 million. But, it was made for an impossible £229,575 (about $535,000 in 1975), and that was with financial assisance from Pnk Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis.

I gather they did betterwith all the DVD re-releases and re-re-releases.

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