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What is the source for the Hollywood superstition that a question mark in a movie title results in bad box office figures? e.g. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" without a question mark.

Question #100886. Asked by gentlegiant17.

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According to director Robert Zemeckis, there's an old superstition that films with a question mark in the title do badly at the box office.

link http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1405/trivia

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Nov 13 2008, 5:53 AM
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