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Apr 26, 2022 · The Evil Dead (1981) - Profited $14M On A $375K Budget. Another unlikely cult classic came in 1983 with The Evil Dead. The movie kicked off a franchise of other films, TV series, and video games. However, during production, the producers might have only seen it as a low-budget horror flick.
May 1, 2023 · Some of the most profitable movies of all time include films such as "Avatar,” which had a production budget of approximately $237 million and grossed over $2.9 billion at the box office,...
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- Deep Throat (1972) Budget: $25,000. Profit: $22,528,467. While studio executives have long labeled an X (or NC-17) rating a kiss of death for box office totals, this infamous Linda Lovelace flick proved differently.
- Facing the Giants (2006) Budget: $100,000. Profit: $38,551,255. Sports movies have often led to major box office hits. But Alex Kendrick’s Facing the Giants had one additional plot point going for it: It’s a sports movie and a Christian drama, a sub-genre that has been turning modestly budgeted films into box office behemoths over the past several years.
- Paranormal Activity (2007) Budget: $450,000. Profit: $89,376,549. Written and directed by Oren Peli, this classic found footage horror film scared up nearly $90 million in theaters and ending up with an ROI of 19,761 percent.
- Fireproof (2008) Budget: $500,000. Profit: $57,096,178. Two years after directing Facing the Giants, Alex Kendrick directed Fireproof, another Christian drama—this one focused on the deterioration of the marriage between a fire captain (played by teen heartthrob-turned-Christian movie star Kirk Cameron) and his hospital administrator wife and how the threat of divorce turns him into a changed man.
On this chart, films are ranked by the revenues from theatrical exhibition at their nominal value, along with the highest positions they attained. Six films in total have grossed in excess of $2 billion worldwide, with Avatar ranked in the top position.
RankPeakTitleWorldwide Gross11$2,923,706,02621$2,797,501,32833$2,320,250,28141T $2,257,844,554- The Blair Witch Project (1999) Production budget: $350,000. Box office revenue: $248.6 million. Return on investment: 70,928% Following in the footsteps of cheap horror movies like Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980), The Blair Witch Project (1999) revolutionized the horror genre with a new component: found footage.
- Mad Max (1979) Production budget: $260,000. Box office revenue: $100 million. Return on investment: 38,361% The self-proclaimed "mastermind" George Miller might be justified in his self-given moniker given the results of Mad Max (1979).
- El Mariachi (1992) Production budget: $7,000. Box office revenue: $2 million. Return on investment: 28,471% The budget for El Mariachi (1992) was insanely small at just $7,000—and half of it was raised by director Robert Rodriguez's own participation in a cholesterol-reducing drug experiment.
- Rocky (1976) Production budget: $960,000. Box office revenue: $225 million. Return on investment: 23,337% Rocky (1976) might be the greatest underdog movie of all time, and maybe that's because the production of Rocky was itself an underdog struggle against all odds.
Jan 18, 2020 · The James Cameron movie made $2.8 billion at the box office — or $3.36 billion in today’s dollars. Fox got back approximately half of that, or $1.68 billion adjusted for inflation.
Oct 28, 2020 · Since the beginning of the industry, movies have raked in billions, but of all those films and all that cash, these ten have proven to be the most profitable movies ever made in terms of...
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