Despite just a $60,000 budget, The Blair Witch Project went on to make $248.6 million worldwide at the box office, including $140.5 million domestic. This number is even more surprising when you learn that the film was made in eight days, and there wasn't a finished script when filming began.
Examples of well-received no-budget films are Kevin Smith's Clerks, Christopher Nolan's Following, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Shane Carruth's Primer, Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi, Bruno Stagnaro & Israel Adrián Caetano's Pizza, birra, faso, Nabwana I.G.G.'s Who Killed Captain Alex?, Jörg Buttgereit's Nekromantik, and Cyrus ...
With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film's earnings.
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Writers, directors and editors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez spent between $35,000 and $60,000 shooting “The Blair Witch Project,” making it arguably the cheapest movie ever made. It later received between $200,000 and $750,000 from Artisan Entertainment for post-production.
While all actors have a high flop ratio, there are 2 actors who had very few flops. One was Rajendra Kumar and the other was Manoj Kumar.
On the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every surveyed critic considered bad have a 0% rating. As of 2023, only 40 films with more than 20 reviews have received this rating.
The longest film ever made, according to Guinness World Records, is 'The Cure for Insomnia' (1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV. It lasts 85 hours. However, as previously said, most moviegoers and IMDB classify Logistics as the longest film in the world.
Director Robert Rodriguez's breakthrough 1993 feature film, El Mariachi, was created on a shoestring budget of only $7,000, launching his career. It still holds the Guinness World Record for the lowest-budget film to gross $1 million at the box office.
25 years ago, The Blair Witch Project convinced millions that they were watching real found footage. With filming techniques and a viral marketing campaign, the movie left a mark on the horror genre. AILSA CHANG, HOST: No matter how much a horror movie scares us, we can turn it off and be relieved that it's not real.
Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi serves as a classic example of a no budget film that made a significant impact. With a mere $7,000 budget, Rodriguez showcased his resourcefulness and innovative storytelling techniques. The film not only turned a profit but also launched his successful career in Hollywood.
Zyzzyx, it turns out, actually made $20. On Dec. 31, 2006, the movie-biz site CHUD.com posted the short, snarky story that made Zyzzyx famous.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
One of the most famously successful low budget films, this was show in only eight days, on a budget of $60,000. It went on to make $248,639,099 at the box office, resulting in a staggering profit of 414,300%.
Zyzzyx Road holds the title for the lowest-grossing movie ever, making just $30 at the box office.