 SPOILER: Gay rights activists were against the way the gay  characters were portrayed that they blocked the set numerous times  while in San Francisco. Director Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) had to  issue fake call sheets to trick the protesters into blocking unused  locations. When the movie was released, the activists paraded around  San Francisco theaters handing out flyers saying "Catherine did it"  to ruin the plot for moviegoers. This didnt seem to impact at all  as the movie opened #1 on that same weekend and went on to become  one of the highest grossing movies of the year.