14 Films That Embarassed The Blockbusters By Making Millions Off Tiny Budgets
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"We didn't make the movie with any expectations."

With Hollywood budgets being what they are, a budget under $10 million is practically tiny. Despite this, many films have gone on to make a killing at the box office from budgets that barely scratch the surface of their competition.

So, here are 14 smaller-budget movies that made the big bucks at the box office:

  1. Juno
  2. Mad Max
  3. Paranormal Activity
  4. Little Miss Sunshine
  5. El Mariachi
  6. The Blair Witch Project
  7. Annabelle
  8. Super Size Me
  9. Rocky
  10. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  11. The Devil Inside
  12. Halloween
  13. Moonlight
  14. Napoleon Dynamite
  • Spuddlesv2@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Clerks was made for $37k, including Kevin Smith maxing out his parents credit cards, and earned $4.4M.