Pumped to have you here ! Grab your parkacoattoque and join us in shitting on cucks and sissies . # WELCOME ! !!<| sep |> Fun fact The Blues Brothers theatrical box office suffered badly basically because the guy that owned most theater distribution in the US at the time didn ' t want black people coming into theaters in white neighborhoods , and didn ' t think white people wanted to see a movie featuring black performers . One day after the editing was done , Wasserman invited Landis up to his office to speak with Ted Mann , head of the Mann Theatres chain , which dominated film exhibition in the Western United States . He told Landis that he would not book the film at any theaters in predominately white neighborhoods , such as Westwood . Not only did Mann not want black patrons going there to see the film , he surmised that white viewers were unlikely to see a film featuring older black musical stars . Ultimately The Blues Brothers got less than half the bookings nationwide for its initial release than a typical bigbudget studio film of the era ,