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14 films that embarassed the blockbusters by making millions off tiny budgets (www.buzzfeed.com)
submitted 4 days ago by Emperor to c/movies@lemm.ee
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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
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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm glad you type in the list lol. No way I'm clicking on a buzzfeed link

[–] Emperor 8 points 4 days ago

It was something we decided was for the best as some kind be clickbaity but they are also a good way of sparking discussion (especially as everyone here can come up with better), so this approach gives us the best of both worlds.