The Blair Witch Project – $60,000 Budget
What is it about horror films and low budgets that seem to make for a winning combination? The Blair Witch Project is probably among the most unsettling horror films ever made. It was shot like a documentary, which explains how the $60,000 budget became doable. However, we think that it is this feature that made it such a big hit in the first place. Some viewers even thought that it was true footage, which is how it made $248 million!
Supersize Me – $65,000 Budget
In general, a documentary works on a smaller budget than your regular feature film. However, they do not gross all that well at the box office as well. Supersize Me became a big hit as it followed the life of someone who ate nothing but food from McDonald’s in a span of a month. Morgan Spurlock, the director, pointed out various disturbing facts about the fast food industry. Audiences were so captivated that the film made more than $29 million at the box office! What an incredible feat.