Movies With Lowest Budgets to Earn $1 Million at US Box Office

	Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	US Gross	Worldwide Gross
1	2/26/1993		El Mariachi	Columbia	$7,000	$2,040,920	Unknown
2	8/1/1991		Slacker	Orion Classics	$23,000	$1,227,508	Unknown
3	8/1/1997		In the Company of Men	Sony Classics	$25,000	$2,883,661	Unknown
4	8/9/1995		The Brothers McMullen	Fox Searchlight	$25,000	$10,426,506	Unknown
5	6/30/1972		Deep Throat	Damiano	$25,000	$45,000,000	Unknown
6	10/19/1994		Clerks	Miramax	$27,000	$3,073,428	Unknown
7	7/14/1999		The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	$35,000	$140,539,099	$248,300,000
8	1/30/2004		Osama	United Artists	$46,000	$1,127,331	$1,971,479
9	3/16/2001		Gabriela	Power Point	$50,000	$2,335,352	Unknown
10	5/7/2004		Super Size Me	IDP/Sam Goldwyn	$65,000	$11,529,368	$29,529,368
11	7/10/1998		Pi	Artisan	$68,000	$3,221,152	$4,678,513
12	8/30/1972		The Last House on the Left		$87,000	$3,100,000	Unknown
13	9/29/2006		Facing the Giants	Samuel Goldwyn	$100,000	$10,178,331	Unknown
14	3/1/1987		Hollywood Shuffle	Samuel Goldwyn	$100,000	$5,228,617	Unknown
15	1/1/1977		Eraserhead		$100,000	$7,000,000	Unknown
16	9/17/1920		Over the Hill to the Poorhouse		$100,000	$3,000,000	Unknown
17	2/8/1915		The Birth of a Nation		$110,000	$10,000,000	$11,000,000
18	10/1/1968		Night of the Living Dead		$114,000	$12,000,000	$30,000,000
19	11/16/1942		Cat People		$134,000	$4,000,000	$8,000,000
20	12/20/1989		Roger & Me	Warner Bros.	$140,000	$6,706,368	Unknown

Most Profitable Movies, Based on Absolute Profit on Worldwide Gross

	Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Worldwide Gross	Profit
1	12/19/1997		Titanic	20th Century Fox	$200,000,000	$1,848,813,795	$724,406,898
2	12/17/2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	$94,000,000	$1,133,027,325	$472,513,663
3	6/11/1993		Jurassic Park	Universal	$63,000,000	$923,067,947	$398,533,974
4	5/19/2004		Shrek 2	DreamWorks SKG	$70,000,000	$919,838,758	$389,919,379
5	5/25/1977		Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	$11,000,000	$797,900,000	$387,950,000
6	6/11/1982		ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$10,500,000	$792,910,554	$385,955,277
7	7/7/2006		Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	$150,000,000	$1,065,659,812	$382,829,906
8	12/18/2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	$94,000,000	$926,284,377	$369,142,189
9	11/16/2001		Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	$125,000,000	$976,457,891	$363,228,946
10	5/19/1999		Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	$115,000,000	$924,288,297	$347,144,149
11	11/15/2002		Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$100,000,000	$878,987,880	$339,493,940
12	5/30/2003		Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	$94,000,000	$866,592,978	$339,296,489
13	7/3/1996		Independence Day	20th Century Fox	$75,000,000	$817,400,878	$333,700,439
14	5/25/2007		Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Buena Vista	$150,000,000	$960,996,492	$330,498,246
15	12/19/2001		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	$109,000,000	$868,621,686	$325,310,843
16	7/11/2007		Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	$150,000,000	$938,468,864	$319,234,432
17	5/23/1997		The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	$75,000,000	$786,686,679	$318,343,340
18	7/18/2008		The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$185,000,000	$1,000,245,358	$315,122,679
19	6/15/1994		The Lion King	Buena Vista	$79,300,000	$783,839,505	$312,619,753
20	5/19/2005		Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	$115,000,000	$848,998,877	$309,499,439

Note: The profit and loss figures are very rough estimates based on the assumption that 50% of box office receipts were returned to the studio. They don't include ancillary (video, TV etc.) earnings, and serve only as a guide.

Most Profitable Movies, Based on Return on Investment

	Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Worldwide Gross	Percentage Return
1	7/14/1999		The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	$35,000	$248,300,000	354,614.29%
2	10/6/2004		Tarnation	WellSpring	$218	$1,162,014	266,416.97%
3	3/21/1980		Mad Max	Filmways	$200,000	$99,750,000	24,837.50%
4	5/7/2004		Super Size Me	IDP/Sam Goldwyn	$65,000	$29,529,368	22,614.90%
5	10/1/1968		Night of the Living Dead		$114,000	$30,000,000	13,057.89%
6	11/21/1976		Rocky		$1,000,000	$225,000,000	11,150.00%
7	10/17/1978		Halloween		$325,000	$70,000,000	10,669.23%
8	8/11/1973		American Graffiti		$777,000	$140,000,000	8,909.01%
9	5/16/2007		Once	Fox Searchlight	$150,000	$18,997,174	6,232.39%
10	7/25/1969		The Stewardesses		$200,000	$25,000,000	6,150.00%
11	6/11/2004		Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	$400,000	$46,140,956	5,667.62%
12	5/9/1980		Friday the 13th	Paramount Pictures	$550,000	$59,754,601	5,332.24%
13	8/6/2004		Open Water	Lion's Gate	$500,000	$52,100,882	5,110.09%
14	12/15/1939		Gone with the Wind	MGM/UA	$3,900,000	$390,525,192	4,906.73%
15	2/8/1915		The Birth of a Nation		$110,000	$11,000,000	4,900.00%
16	1/1/1925		The Big Parade		$245,000	$22,000,000	4,389.80%
17	10/29/2004		Saw	Lion's Gate	$1,200,000	$103,096,345	4,195.68%
18	10/8/2004		Primer	ThinkFilm	$7,000	$565,846	3,941.76%
19	4/15/1983		The Evil Dead		$375,000	$29,400,000	3,820.00%
20	6/11/1982		ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$10,500,000	$792,910,554	3,675.76%

Note: The profit and loss figures are very rough estimates based on the assumption that 50% of box office receipts were returned to the studio. They don't include ancillary (video, TV etc.) earnings, and serve only as a guide.

Biggest Money Losers, Based on Absolute Loss on Worldwide Gross

	Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Worldwide Gross	Loss
1	4/27/2001		Town & Country	New Line	$105,000,000	$10,364,769	-$99,817,616
2	7/29/2005		Stealth	Sony	$138,000,000	$76,416,746	-$99,791,627
3	8/16/2002		The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Warner Bros.	$100,000,000	$7,094,995	-$96,452,503
4	7/11/2001		Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Sony	$137,000,000	$85,131,830	-$94,434,085
5	8/27/1999		The 13th Warrior	Buena Vista	$125,000,000	$61,698,899	-$94,150,551
6	6/22/2007		Evan Almighty	Universal	$175,000,000	$173,219,280	-$88,390,360
7	4/8/2005		Sahara	Paramount Pictures	$145,000,000	$121,671,925	-$84,164,038
8	4/9/2004		The Alamo	Buena Vista	$92,000,000	$23,911,362	-$80,044,319
9	9/2/2005		A Sound of Thunder	Warner Bros.	$80,000,000	$6,300,451	-$76,849,775
10	6/14/2002		Windtalkers	MGM/UA	$115,000,000	$77,628,265	-$76,185,868
11	6/12/2009		The Taking of Pelham 123	Sony	$110,000,000	$69,100,310	-$75,449,845
12	6/16/2004		Around the World in 80 Days	Buena Vista	$110,000,000	$72,004,159	-$73,997,921
13	5/9/2008		Speed Racer	Warner Bros.	$120,000,000	$93,394,462	-$73,302,769
14	4/2/2004		Home on the Range	Buena Vista	$110,000,000	$76,482,461	-$71,758,770
15	6/5/2009		Land of the Lost	Universal	$100,000,000	$56,934,609	-$71,532,696
16	11/24/2004		Alexander	Warner Bros.	$155,000,000	$167,297,191	-$71,351,405
17	2/18/2005		Son of the Mask	New Line	$100,000,000	$59,918,422	-$70,040,789
18	5/12/2006		Poseidon		$160,000,000	$181,674,817	-$69,162,592
19	5/9/1997		Father's Day	Warner Bros.	$85,000,000	$35,681,080	-$67,159,460
20	8/8/2007		Daddy Day Camp	Sony	$76,000,000	$18,197,398	-$66,901,301

Note: The profit and loss figures are very rough estimates based on the assumption that 50% of box office receipts were returned to the studio. They don't include ancillary (video, TV etc.) earnings, and serve only as a guide.

Biggest Money Losers, Based on Return on Investment

	Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Worldwide Gross	Percentage Return
1	10/25/2002		All the Queen's Men	Strand	$15,000,000	$22,723	-99.92%
2	9/17/1999		Taxman	Phaedra	$3,500,000	$9,871	-99.86%
3	5/17/2002		Harvard Man	Cowboy	$5,500,000	$56,653	-99.48%
4	1/28/2005		Fascination	United Artists	$5,000,000	$83,356	-99.17%
5	7/18/2003		This Thing of Ours	Small Planet	$2,000,000	$37,227	-99.07%
6	11/14/2007		Southland Tales	Samuel Goldwyn	$17,000,000	$364,607	-98.93%
7	12/17/2004		Imaginary Heroes	Sony Classics	$10,000,000	$290,875	-98.55%
8	2/17/2006		Winter Passing	Focus Features	$3,500,000	$113,783	-98.37%
9	9/20/2002		Eye See You	DEJ Productions	$55,000,000	$1,807,990	-98.36%
10	8/4/1999		The Gambler	Legacy	$3,000,000	$101,773	-98.30%
11	12/31/2009		I Come with the Rain		$18,000,000	$627,422	-98.26%
12	1/21/2000		The Boondock Saints	Indican	$7,000,000	$250,000	-98.21%
13	7/27/2007		Molière		$21,600,000	$791,154	-98.17%
14	1/27/2006		Manderlay	IFC Films	$14,200,000	$543,306	-98.09%
15	5/4/2001		Eureka	Shooting Gallery	$2,000,000	$76,654	-98.08%
16	12/10/2004		Freeze Frame	First Look	$2,000,000	$91,062	-97.72%
17	6/15/2007		Fido	Lion's Gate	$8,000,000	$419,801	-97.38%
18	9/23/2005		Dear Wendy		$8,000,000	$446,438	-97.21%
19	10/14/2005		Where the Truth Lies	ThinkFilm	$25,000,000	$1,415,656	-97.17%
20	12/12/2003		The Statement	Sony	$27,000,000	$1,545,064	-97.14%

Note: The profit and loss figures are very rough estimates based on the assumption that 50% of box office receipts were returned to the studio. They don't include ancillary (video, TV etc.) earnings, and serve only as a guide.