They All Laughed film didn't ruin the director Peter Bogdanovich's career or reputation but his fit ruined him financially. No major studio was willing to distribute the movie due to the gruesome murder of a film star named Dorothy Stratten, so he used his own personal fortune to finance the film's distribution to the theaters. But it bombed at the box office, earning less than $1 million against the budget of almost 9 million. It cost him a lot of money, so he declared bankruptcy. In the process, he sold his house where he lived with Dorothy Stratten.

I understand that Peter Bogdanovich wanted to show Dorothy Stratten's final film to the audiences but he could have waited at least five years until the public will have forgotten about Dorothy Stratten.