It's on Sky Movies on a weekly basis, as it has been for months. You can't rent it, it was a made for TV film.
www.imdb.com...
Which as I'm sure you know do not generally go for rent or buy.
I'm sure it made a bit of money for
Dick Clark Productions, obviously Dick Clarkes production company which produces TV programs and TV
movies. You're not really going to make mega bucks off a TV movie though, although I hear the Shannon Tweed ones do quite well.
It's just relied on word of mouth, with some people assuming it's real and telling others. Generally though once people hear the hype and watch the
movie they are disappointed.
Where as Blair Witch was an independent film and so could be released theatrically, it went on to make millions so obviously the rumours of it being
true quickly disappeared with it's popularity.
With Alien Abduction however it's never going to get bigger off TV so only the few that actually see it can spread the word, as such the rumours of
it's realness have lasted much longer, as well as minor campaigns through the internet to pass it off as real.
Check out www.imdb.com for the cast list, some of the actors are kind of half known.
[Edited on 16-2-2004 by John Nada]