'' The Chumscrubber '' premiered on January 25 , 2005 at the Sundance Film Festival . It went on to be shown at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival in June 2005 , where it won the Audience Award . The film was released theatrically in the United States on August 5 , 2005 , playing in 28 theaters . It earned US$ 28,548 on its opening weekend , ranking 59th at the box office . It closed after two weeks in release with a total domestic gross of $ 52,597 . The film 's highest-grossing overseas releases were in Australia with $ 96,696 , Germany with $ 81,323 , and Greece with $ 71,100 . It earned only £ 36 from its single-weekend release in the United Kingdom , meaning that only six people paid for a ticket to see the film . With a total foreign gross of $ 298,804 , the film 's total worldwide gross was $ 351,401 and was a box office bomb
27th Moscow International Film Festival
27th Moscow International Film Festival
The Chumscrubber