Budget Movies That Were Box Office Hits (16 pics)

Posted in INTERESTING       10 Feb 2014       7646       4 GALLERY VIEW

“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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Mr. Ree 10 year s ago
When you factor in that some of these movies were the start of an entire franchise, then you're talking Billions of dollars...

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Gorfian 10 year s ago
What about "Deep Throat"?
Cost $22,500
Revenue $600,000,000 (allegedly)
       
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JISR 10 year s ago
El Mariachi give fame to Robert Rodriguez....and is pretty shitty movie
       
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noseriously 10 year s ago
Slingblade budget $900k and grossed $35 million
       
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