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
  • @Landless2029English
    4•2 months ago

    I had the DVD special with making of bits.

    It shows how they went to a local blacksmith to make the pully rig for the zipline scene and it was dirt cheap.

    Damn I miss DVDs from back in the day. Directors commentary, deleted scenes, bloopers and behind the scenes were the shit.