“Clerks”
Budget: $31,665
Domestic Gross: $3.1 million
“El Mariachi”
Budget: $7,000
Gross Domestic: $2 million
“Halloween”
Budget: $325,000
Gross Domestic: $47 million
“Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels”
Budget: $1.35 million
Gross Worldwide: $25.3 million
“Mad Max”
Budget: $400,000
Gross Worldwide: $100 million
“Napoleon Dynamite”
Budget: $400,000
Gross Domestic: $44.5 million
“Night of the Living Dead”
Budget: $114,00
Gross Domestic: $12 million
“Once”
Budget: $150,000
Domestic Gross: $9.4 million
“Paranormal Activity”
Budget: $15,000
Domestic Gross: $107.9 million
“Pink Flamingos”
Budget: $12,000
Gross Domestic: $7 million
“Rocky”
Budget: $950,000
Domestic Gross: $117.2 million
“Saw”
Budget: $1.2 million
Domestic Gross: $55.2 million
“Sex, Lies, and Videotape”
Budget: $1.2 million
Gross Domestic: $24.7 million
“The Blair Witch Project”
Budget: $60,000
Gross Domestic: $140.5 million
“The Full Monty”
Budget: $3.5 million
Domestic Gross: $50 million
“The Purge”
Budget: $3 million
Opening Weekend: $34 million
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Cost $22,500
Revenue $600,000,000 (allegedly)