What is the cheapest successful movie ever made?

The Blair Witch Project
Despite just a $60,000 budget, it went on to make $246.8 million worldwide at the box office, including $140.5 million domestic. This number is even more surprising when you learn that the film was made in eight days, and there wasn't a finished script when filming began.
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What is the lowest paid movie of all time?

The film gained notoriety from its gross ticket sales of only $30 on its opening run, due to its intentionally limited release at a single cinema, making it the lowest-grossing film in U.S. history in terms of box office sales, but was bested by The Worst Movie Ever!, which ended up with just $11 during its run.
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What was the cheapest and most successful movie?

One of the most successful low-budget films was 1999's The Blair Witch Project. It had a budget of around $60,000 but grossed almost $249 million worldwide. It spawned books, a trilogy of video games, and a less-popular sequel.
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What movie has a 1 billion dollar budget?

The Rise of Skywalker was the last movie to gross over $1 billion before the COVID-19 pandemic, but fan reception to the grand finale of the Star Wars Skywalker saga continues to be mixed.
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What movie has the most F words?

The 10 Most Profane Movies of All Time, Ranked by The Number of F-Bombs
  • Alpha Dog (2006) - 367 f-words. ...
  • Straight Outta Compton (2015) - 392 f-words. ...
  • Casino (1995) - 422 f-words. ...
  • Nil by Mouth (1997) - 428 f-words. ...
  • Summer of Sam (1999) - 435 f-words. ...
  • Uncut Gems (2019) - 560 f-words. ...
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - 569 f-words.
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Low Budget Movies That Made Millions



What movie lost the most money?

As of June 2022, the four biggest movie flops of all time were Disney productions. "Turning Red" (2022), "Jungle Cruise" (2021), "Mars Needs Moms" (2011), and "Mulan" (2020) recorded losses of more than 140 million U.S. dollars at the global box office.
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What is the #1 movie of all time?

Gone with the Wind—first released in 1939—is generally considered to be the most successful film, with Guinness World Records in 2014 estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.4 billion.
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What was the biggest flop in movie history?

10 Biggest Box Office Bombs of All Time, Ranked
  1. 1 John Carter ($133-236 million)
  2. 2 The Lone Ranger ($186-221 million) ...
  3. 3 The 13th Warrior ($112-210 million) ...
  4. 4 Mortal Engines ($189 million) ...
  5. 5 Cutthroat Island ($187 million) ...
  6. 6 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas ($184 million) ...
  7. 7 Battleship ($177 million) ...
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What was the first movie to hit 1 billion?

Fastest to $1 billion

Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide on March 1, 1998, in 74 days of release.
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What are pay 1 movies?

The pay-one window is the first exclusive release window from carriers following a film's theatrical release and transactional purchase sell-through period.
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How many movies made 1 billion?

All 51 Billion-Dollar Movies, Ranked by Tomatometer << Rotten Tomatoes – Movie and TV News.
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Will Avatar 2 earn $2 billion?

Avatar 2 or "Avatar: The Way of Water", directed by James Cameron, has garnered $1.9 billion at the global box office.
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Who was the first million dollar actor?

The first actor to break the $1 million threshold was Marlon Brando (USA), who was paid $1.25 million (£400,500) – equivalent today to $8.8 million; £6.1 million – for his starring role as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (USA, 1962).
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What movie was #1 at the box office the longest?

E.T. sits atop with 16 weeks at number one (31% of a year). The largest number of films in a year is six in 1986 and 1992.
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What was the first movie to hit 2 billion?

1. Avatar (2009) - $2.899 billion – after its 2022 release bumped it up above the second entry, which for a while had surpassed it. 3. Titanic (1997) - $2.207 billion (not counting the millions it will doubtlessly make after its 4K HDR 3D rerelease this year.)
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What is arguably the best movie of all time?

Best movies of all time
  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Film. Science fiction. ...
  2. The Godfather (1972) Film. Thrillers. ...
  3. Citizen Kane (1941) Film. ...
  4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Film. ...
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Film. ...
  6. La Dolce Vita (1960) Film. ...
  7. Seven Samurai (1954) Film. ...
  8. In the Mood for Love (2000) Film.
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What Disney movie was a flop?

4 Alice In Wonderland (1951) Lost $1 Million

In 1951, it flopped in theaters. Technically, Alice in Wonderland lost $600,000, but Disney officially declared the loss to be $1 million. Based on reviews from the time, Alice in Wonderland flopped in theaters because audiences weren't ready for its surrealism.
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What movie is only one shot?

While the film looks as if it's in one take, it was 1982's Hungarian TV movie adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth is considered to be the first actual one-shot film. The Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr composed a 57-minute-long shot.
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What is the only movie with 100 rotten tomatoes?

To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 251 positive reviews.
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What are the top 3 movies that made the most money?

Top 10 highest grossing films of all time

Avatar (2009), $2.9 billion. Avengers: Endgame (2019), $2.7 billion. Titanic (1997), $2.19 billion. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), $2.06 billion.
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What is the #1 grossing movie of all time and how much did it make?

Films with the highest all-time worldwide box office grosses

A bar chart shows the 10 highest grossing films worldwide. "Avatar" leads with $2.9 billion. "Avengers: Endgame" and "Titanic" follow with $2.8 and $2.2 billion respectively.
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Will Avatar 2 beat Titanic?

As per the report in Deadline, Avatar 2 has earned $2.213 billion at the worldwide box office so far. It almost got to the third spot but the re-release pushed Titanic's lifetime ahead by a slight distance. Its gross now stands at $2.217 billion globally.
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Will Avatar 2 beat no way home?

Today The Avatar sequel replaces Marvel Studio's Spider-Man: No Way Home as the 6th highest grossing film in history.
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Will Avatar 2 have babies?

In the thirteen years that have gone by, the Sullys have been busy, having a family of little Na'vi, all of whom have grown up into healthy children. In Avatar 2 The Way of Water, we'll meet all these kids, Neteyam, Kiri, Lo'ak, Tuk, and Spider.
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