Most Profitable Movies

This table is based on Return On Investment (ROI)

 
Released
Movie
Budget
Worldwide Gross
Percentage Return
1 9/25/2009   Paranormal Activity
$15,000
$193,770,453
645,801.51%
2 10/6/2004   Tarnation
$218
$1,162,014
266,416.97%
3 3/21/1980   Mad Max
$200,000
$99,750,000
24,837.50%
4 5/7/2004   Super Size Me
$65,000
$29,529,368
22,614.90%
5 7/14/1999   Blair Witch Project
$600,000
$248,300,000
20,591.67%
6 10/1/1968   Night of the Living Dead
$114,000
$30,000,000
13,057.89%
7 11/21/1976   Rocky
$1,000,000
$225,000,000
11,150.00%
8 10/17/1978   Halloween
$325,000
$70,000,000
10,669.23%
9 8/11/1973   American Graffiti
$777,000
$140,000,000
8,909.01%
10 5/16/2007   Once
$150,000
$18,997,174
6,232.39%
11 7/25/1969   The Stewardesses
$200,000
$25,000,000
6,150.00%
12 6/11/2004   Napoleon Dynamite
$400,000
$46,140,956
5,667.62%
13 5/9/1980   Friday the 13th
$550,000
$59,754,601
5,332.24%
14 8/6/2004   Open Water
$500,000
$52,100,882
5,110.09%
15 12/15/1939   Gone with the Wind
$3,900,000
$390,525,192
4,906.73%
16 2/8/1915   The Birth of a Nation
$110,000
$11,000,000
4,900.00%
17 1/1/1925   The Big Parade
$245,000
$22,000,000
4,389.80%
18 10/29/2004   Saw
$1,200,000
$103,096,345
4,195.68%
19 10/8/2004   Primer
$7,000
$565,846
3,941.76%
20 4/15/1983   The Evil Dead
$375,000
$29,400,000
3,820.00%


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. 

Source: the-numbers.com

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