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• The 1995 film Empire Records grossed about $294,000 despite Warner Bros. spending about $10 million on production. According to MentalFloss.com, the studio was not happy with the end film and thus avoided any sort of promotion for it. The studio even stifled the release to less than 100 theaters.
• Two songs from the 1995 film Empire Records topped the 100 Billboard charts. The Gin Blossom's Till I Hear It From You reached number 5, and Edwyn Collins’s A Girl Like You reached number 7.
• The screenwriter of the film Carol Heikkinen slipped an important and symbolic date into the 1995 film. April 8th, the date in which Kurt Cobain’s body was found, is written in one of the drafts. That date can be seen on a flyer attached to a door in the movie. It’s the date Rex Manning is said to make his store-appearance.

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• Watch the 1995 film Empire Records if you've never seen it.
• See what the cast of Empire Records looks like today.
• Listen to Rex Manning's hit song Say No More Mon Amour!

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