Mad Max
A dystopian thriller, this franchise starter was made with only $300,000 to play with but ended up earning more than $100 million. The sequel, mad Max: Fury Road, had a bigger budget of $150 million!
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Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters
The More You Know
- Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr. Bean – is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
- Will Smith wanted to adopt the German Shepherd in I Am Legend.
- Within 3 days of release The Hunger Games has become the highest grossing film for production company Lionsgate.
- The first public movie screening was held in 1895 in Paris.