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The horror sci-fi movie The Thing, directed by John Carpenter and released in 1982, is generally regarded as a very good movie in its genre, having been named the scariest movie of all time by the Boston Globe in 2014.

Has anyone involved in the film ever tried to explain it'sits disappointing box office performance?

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The horror sci-fi movie The Thing, directed by John Carpenter and released in 1982, is generally regarded as a very good movie in its genre, having been named the scariest movie of all time by the Boston Globe in 2014.

So why was its performance atHas anyone involved in the film ever tried to explain it's disappointing box office so disappointingperformance?