Theatrical release When the film was released domestically in February 1956, many theaters displayed several pods made of papier-mâché in theater lobbies and entrances, along with large lifelike black-and-white cutouts of McCarthy and Wynter running away from a crowd. The film earned more than $1 million in the first month, and in 1956 alone earned more than $2.5 million in the U.S. When the film was released in the UK (with cuts imposed by the British censors"'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'." BBFC Web site. Retrieved: January 11, 2015.) in late 1956, the film had more than a half-million dollars in ticket sales.LaValley 1989, p. 26.
Theatrical release When the film was released domestically in February 1956, many theaters displayed several pods made of papier-mâché in theater lobbies and entrances, along with large lifelike black-and-white cutouts of McCarthy and Wynter running away from a crowd. The film earned more than $1 million in the first month, and in 1956 alone earned more than $2.5 million in the U.S. When the film was released in the UK (with cuts imposed by the British censors"'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'." BBFC Web site. Retrieved: January 11, 2015) in late 1956, the film had more than a half-million dollars in ticket sales.LaValley 1989, p. 26.