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I was thinking. Any low budget movies that made it big in the box office? Or even popular or famous?
Sphere: Related ContentI was thinking. Any low budget movies that made it big in the box office? Or even popular or famous?
I heard the first Saw was just a low budget movie made by a student, but when it became a big hit, there were sequels.
Of course Blair Witch made a lot of money, but only because people didn’t know what they were expecting.
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August 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Napolean Dynamite. Jackass the Movie was low budget too.
August 16th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Napoleon Dynamite was really low budget, I heard that Jon Heder only got paid a few thousand to star in the movie, and now look at it, it’s made millions, not to mention a fortune from merchandising!
August 17th, 2008 at 9:48 am
The original “Night of the Living Dead”.
I loved it!
August 17th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Dirty Dancing nearly went straight to video but made a mint at the box office lol.
It cost $5million to make and grossed $170million worldwide.
Also sold millions of Videos and DVD’s and Soundtrack CD’s.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:59 am
clerks directed by kevin smith
August 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Rosemarys Baby.
Night of the Living Dead
Easy Rider
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
We dont have to much of this anymore if they do a b movie or low budget one it almost always goes straight to DVD and they make a killin on sales and retails
August 20th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Easy Rider (1969) is the first that came to mind (just recently watched it). A bike (or misunderstood as “hippie”) movie directed by Dennis Hopper, produced by Peter Fonda and starring : Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson.
I heard it was only made with $300,000 (approximately) and no one could predict that it was going to be big at the box office and no one would predict that movie CHANGED history and changed the way Americans see themselves AND made an actor become VERY famous (Nicholson). It was one of the movies that brought Hollywood into the new era, the Silver Era (1967-1979) after everyone got drifted away from Hollywood by the end of the Golden Era (1941-1966). Of course no one at that time realize that they were at an end of an era…
Now THAT is success!
Most movies in the Silver Era are low-budgeted and it’ll be easier for you to search them in that particular area, I can’t think any of them other than Rosemary’s Baby (1968).
Jaw-dropping horror movie by Roman Polanski. (can’t say it’s great, I hate horror with a passion)
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:38 am
The original ‘Halloween’ was one of the most successful low budget films
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Nacho Libre and Jackass were two quite low budget films. I know Jackass grossed a lot of money but I’m not sure about Nacho Libre.
A football movie called, Facing the Giant, was also made with $100,000 and grossed $10,000,000 in a limited release.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
cloverfield…..
30 mil
August 25th, 2008 at 3:54 am
The following movies were low budget and made huge profits,STAR WARS Episode 4,The Blair witch project and the original Mad MAX.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Everyone else missed the most obvious one: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which cost less than $5 million to make and earned over $200 million in the U.S. alone.
It remains the most financially successful indie film ever.
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