Movie Marathon (Part 2)

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1902

Major releases that flopped at the box office

  1. Ishtar
  2. John Carter
  3. Deepwater Horizon
  4. The Bonfire of the Vanities
  5. Dark Phoenix
  6. Waterworld
  7. Batman & Robin (1997)
  8. Heaven’s Gate
  9. Cats
1903

Major releases that flopped at the box office

  1. Ishtar
  2. John Carter
  3. Deepwater Horizon
  4. The Bonfire of the Vanities
  5. Dark Phoenix
  6. Waterworld
  7. Batman & Robin (1997)
  8. Heaven’s Gate
  9. Cats
  10. Hudson Hawk

Pass

1904

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
1905

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M

For 1978 dollars, 325 large is nothing, even for an independent film.

1906

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project: Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
1907

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project: Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
  4. Rocky: cost $1M, Gross $225M
1908

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project: Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
  4. Rocky: Cost $1M, Gross $225M
  5. Enter the Dragon: Cost $850K, Gross $265M
1909

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project: Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
  4. Rocky: Cost $1M, Gross $225M
  5. Enter the Dragon: Cost $850K, Gross $265M
  6. Mad Max: cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
1910

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1911

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
  4. Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
  5. Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
  6. Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
  7. Paranormal Activity (2007): Cost $15K, Gross $193.4M

I would pay to not see it, but sure would love to have owned a piece of it. Per the Wiki article, “It is the most profitable film ever made, based on return on investment”.

1912

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
  4. Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
  5. Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
  6. Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
  7. Paranormal Activity (2007): Cost $15K, Gross $193.4M
  8. Airplane!: Cost $3.5M, Gross $171M
1913

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
  4. Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
  5. Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
  6. Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
  7. Paranormal Activity (2007): Cost $15K, Gross $193.4M
  8. Airplane! : Cost $3.5M, Gross $171M
  9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail cost $400,000, Gross $5M
1914

Small budget / big returns

  1. Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
  2. Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
  3. The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
  4. Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
  5. Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
  6. Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
  7. Paranormal Activity (2007): Cost $15K, Gross $193.4M
  8. Airplane! : Cost $3.5M, Gross $171M
  9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail cost $400,000, Gross $5M
  10. Night of the Living Dead cost $114,000, Gross $30M
1915

Next one, Little Nemo!

1916

Since Nemo isn’t answering, how about…

Fish movies:

  1. Finding Nemo
1917

Fish movies:

  1. Finding Nemo
  2. Flipper

Don’t gimme none of them speeches about Linnaean taxonomy, aquatic mammals blah blah blah. Dolphins is like fish cuz they swim around in the sea.

1918

Fish movies :

  1. Finding Nemo
  2. Flipper
  3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1919

Fish movies :

  1. Finding Nemo
  2. Flipper
  3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet
  4. A Fish Called Wanda
1920

Fish movies :

  1. Finding Nemo
  2. Flipper
  3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet
  4. A Fish Called Wanda
  5. Jaws
1921

Fish movies :

  1. Finding Nemo
  2. Flipper
  3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet
  4. A Fish Called Wanda
  5. Jaws
  6. Piranha