Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters

American Graffiti

This was the second film George Lucas ever made, and he only worked with a $750,000 budget. The work paid off though, and he made $110 million in the box office. It was nominated for 5 Academy Awards.

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The More You Know

  • The first film to feature a fully naked woman appeared in 1915
  • Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
  • "E.T." and "Poltergeist" started from the same script.
  • Paranormal Activity cost $15000 to make and has grossed $210 million so far.
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