Which Was The Most Successful Film On The Smallest Budget?

The most successful film on the smallest budget is The Blair Witch Project (1999), which cost $35,000 dollars to produce and grossed an estimated $160 million dollars at the US box office, and $248 million worldwide, earning back $10,000 dollars for every dollar spent. The film was shot on handheld cameras and featured friends and relatives of the filmmakers as cast and crew. It benefited from a viral internet marketing campaign and incredible world of mouth on its theatrical release, based on rumours of the film being a documentary. Other successes include Generation X comedy Clerks (1994), which cost just $27, 765 dollars to make and grossed over $3 million at the US box office, and Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi (1992), which cost $7,000 dollars and enjoyed a reasonable box office return on limited release. Similarly, 1978 horror film Halloween cost $325,000 and grossed $47 million at the US box office.

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