Low Budget Films That Made More Than Their Money Back

Published on December 20, 2018 By James Spiro

Pi – $68,000 budget

Darren Aronofsky certainly left an impression when his directorial debut hit theaters in 1998. Pi made $3.2 million of a budget of $68,000 – turning a massive 6,800% profit!

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The film is a psychological thriller exploring the relationship between mathematical regularity and irrational humanity. It threw Aranofsky onto the world’s stage and he went on to direct more classics such as Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream.