Best films on a small (very small) budget
Best films on a small (very small) budget
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- DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsEthan HawkeLena HeadeyMax BurkholderA wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.Budget: $3,000,000
While Disney wasted 215 million on the Box office disaster The Lone Ranger, writer/director James DeMonaco came up with something completely original; The Purge. - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsJeff BridgesMatt DamonHailee SteinfeldA stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.Budget: $38,000,000
Remakes often make BAD movies but the Coen brothers (along with the brilliant Jeff Bridges) turned a modern western into a $244 million dollar hit. - DirectorOren PeliStarsKatie FeatherstonMicah SloatMark FredrichsAfter moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.Budget: $15,000
The only bad thing about this movie are the worthless sequels. - DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua LeonardThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.Budget: $60,000 - Gross $248,639,099 (Worldwide)
This should have given Walt Disney a hint that you don't need 215 million to make a movie work - DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo men awaken to find themselves on the opposite sides of a dead body, each with specific instructions to kill the other or face consequences. These two are the latest victims of the Jigsaw Killer.Budget: $1,200,000
A bloody good time. The box office was even funner for the investors
$102,898,683 (Worldwide) - DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie NielsenAfter the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.Budget: 3.5 Million (Along with 3.5 million laughs)
Still the funniest movie ever made (although the Naked Gun is close) - DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiKaren AllenTom HulceAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.Budget: $3,000,000
Rude, crude, disgusting, vulgar, and VERY VERY Funny. - DirectorJoel ZwickStarsNia VardalosJohn CorbettMichael ConstantineA young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.Budget: $5,000,000
This movie actually played in theaters for almost a year. Why so long? Oh, this is why
Opening Weekend
$597,362 (USA) (21 April 2002) (108 Screens)
$241,438,208 (USA) (13 April 2003)