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* SleeperHit: When the film was first released it was [[https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Mickey-at-Town-Hall-Theatre-46784192 labeled a flop]] after seeing middling box office returns. After a New York theatre owner started to play the film because he had nothing else to show, it caught on with audiences. When it became widely available the following year, it became a bonafide smash hit and after several rereleases eventually sold over 40 million tickets, making it handily the most-attended film of the silent era. Its ticket sales wouldn't be eclipsed until ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' in 1937.

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* SleeperHit: When the film was first released it was [[https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Mickey-at-Town-Hall-Theatre-46784192 labeled a flop]] after seeing middling box office returns. and was received negatively by distributors and theatre owners who rarely showed it. After a New York theatre owner started to play playing the film because he had nothing else to show, it caught on with audiences. When it became widely available the following year, it became a bonafide smash hit and after several rereleases eventually sold over 40 million tickets, tickets after several rereleases, making it handily the most-attended film of the silent era. Its ticket sales wouldn't be eclipsed until ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' in 1937.
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* SleeperHit: When the film was first released it was [[https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Mickey-at-Town-Hall-Theatre-46784192 labeled a flop]] after seeing middling box office returns. After theatre owners began to play the film because they had nothing else to show, it caught on with audiences. When it became widely available the following year, it became a bonafide smash hit and after several rereleases eventually sold over 40 million tickets, making it handily the most-attended film of the silent era. Its ticket sales wouldn't be eclipsed until ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' in 1937.

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* SleeperHit: When the film was first released it was [[https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Mickey-at-Town-Hall-Theatre-46784192 labeled a flop]] after seeing middling box office returns. After a New York theatre owners began owner started to play the film because they he had nothing else to show, it caught on with audiences. When it became widely available the following year, it became a bonafide smash hit and after several rereleases eventually sold over 40 million tickets, making it handily the most-attended film of the silent era. Its ticket sales wouldn't be eclipsed until ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' in 1937.
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* SleeperHit: When the film was first released it was [[https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Mickey-at-Town-Hall-Theatre-46784192 labeled a flop]] after seeing middling box office returns. After theatre owners began to play the film because they had nothing else to show, it caught on with audiences. When it became widely available the following year, it became a bonafide smash hit and after several rereleases eventually sold over 40 million tickets, making it handily the most-attended film of the silent era. Its ticket sales wouldn't be eclipsed until ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' in 1937.

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