So Bad It’s Good: ‘The Room’ Still Resonates As Cult Film

In 2003, an independent film titled “The Room” premiered at a Los Angeles theater. The film’s budget was $6 million – all in personal cash – and the movie made a grand total of $1,800 at the box office.

By those numbers alone, the movie should have faded into obscurity, and the reviews should have solidified that fate. “The Room,” with a plot revolving around a contrived love triangle, has been called “The ‘Citizen Kane’ of bad movies.”