Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters

Open Water

In 2003, this thriller made over 50 million in the theaters. A couple is left behind in the middle of the ocean. They are trapped at sea with all the terrifying ocean dwellers, but with nowhere to hide.

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The More You Know

  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • There’s a Starbucks cup in every "Fight Club" scene.
  • Robert Ludlum, the creator of the Jason Bourne series, died while the first Bourne film was in post-production.
  • Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
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