Major releases that flopped at the box office
Ishtar
John Carter
Deepwater Horizon
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Dark Phoenix
Waterworld
Batman & Robin (1997)
Heaven’s Gate
Cats
Major releases that flopped at the box office
Ishtar
John Carter
Deepwater Horizon
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Dark Phoenix
Waterworld
Batman & Robin (1997)
Heaven’s Gate
Cats
Hudson Hawk
Pass
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
Mike_H
August 19, 2021, 5:28pm
1905
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
For 1978 dollars, 325 large is nothing, even for an independent film.
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project: Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project: Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Rocky: cost $1M, Gross $225M
Rebo
August 19, 2021, 6:31pm
1908
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite: cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project: Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Rocky: Cost $1M, Gross $225M
Enter the Dragon: Cost $850K, Gross $265M
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
Bayaker
August 19, 2021, 7:30pm
1911
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
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”.
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
Paranormal Activity (2007): Cost $15K, Gross $193.4M
Airplane! : Cost $3.5M, Gross $171M
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
Paranormal Activity (2007): Cost $15K, Gross $193.4M
Airplane! : Cost $3.5M, Gross $171M
Monty Python and the Holy Grail cost $400,000, Gross $5M
Small budget / big returns
Napoleon Dynamite : cost $400k, grossed $46m
Halloween (1978): budget: ~$325K, Gross: ~$70M
The Blair Witch Project : Cost: $60K, Gross $248.6M
Rocky : Cost $1M, Gross $225M
Enter the Dragon : Cost $850K, Gross $265M
Mad Max : cost $200,000, made over $100,000,000
Paranormal Activity (2007): Cost $15K, Gross $193.4M
Airplane! : Cost $3.5M, Gross $171M
Monty Python and the Holy Grail cost $400,000, Gross $5M
Night of the Living Dead cost $114,000, Gross $30M
Since Nemo isn’t answering, how about…
Fish movies:
Finding Nemo
Fish movies :
Finding Nemo
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.