Top 12 Low Budget Movies That Made Millions
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6. “Halloween” (1978)
Grossed: $70 million
One cannot simply mention “Friday The 13th,” and forget its slightly older brother from 1978.
“Halloween” was directed by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and featured Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis, which was her big screen debut.
This cult classic is the first installment in what will later become the Halloween franchise.
After Carpenter’s low-budget endeavor turned out to be a huge success, actress Jamie Lee Curtis and the movie character Michael Myers became huge horror icons.
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Curtis was paid only $8,000 for this iconic role, even though the film later became one of the highest-grossing indie movies ever made.
