Low Budget Films That Made More Than Their Money Back

Mad Max – $300,000 budget

Mad Max: Fury Road made $378 million from a $150 million budget. Before that, the original film with Mel Gibson was made for only $300,000. In 1979, it made $1 million which at the time was an enormous sum. For a while, it held the Guinness World Record for the best profit-to-cost film.

The franchise survives today with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron taking the lead. To date, there have been four films in the franchise.