Low Budget Films That Made More Than Their Money Back

Star Wars – $11 million

Star Wars made a whopping $775 million when it came out – not bad for 1977! It was the highest grossing films of all time until Spielberg’s ET. It’s hard to believe that Episode IV was actually considered a low budget film, at just $11 million.

The space adventure helped make Lucasfilm into a cinematic powerhouse. Today, Disney owns the franchise and pumps out a film a year, each one earning many millions of dollars. Not too bad for a modest indie film 40 years ago!