<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $25 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $38.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical horror comedy film directed by Frank Oz . It is a film adaptation of the off - Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a geeky florist shop worker who finds out his venus fly trap can speak . Menken and Ashman's Off - Broadway musical was based on the low - budget 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman . The 1986 film stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II . The film also featured special appearances by Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray . It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986 . </P> <P> Little Shop of Horrors was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed . The film was produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000 . The film's original 23 - minute finale, based on the musical's ending, was rewritten and reshot after audiences at the preview screenings did not react positively to it . For years only available as black - and - white workprint footage, the original ending was fully restored in 2012 by Warner Home Video . </P>

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