 "Attila's" release was a signal moment in US film distribution.It established an exhibition pattern which came to be known as ""saturation booking"".Joseph E. Levine, previously a US states-rights distributor/exhibitor based in Boston, quickly moved some 90 prints through regional distribution hubs, managing to assemble ad hoc arrays of mostly low-end theaters, where he could book short period playdates with favorable box-office terms.