Low Budget Films That Made More Than Their Money Back

A Nightmare on Elm Street – $1.8 million budget

Horror films have proven to be wildly successful with a small budget – provided the right director is behind the camera. In the 1980s, there wasn’t a single child (or even adult) who wasn’t spooked by Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street.

The iconic slasher was made for less than $2 million, and yet it returned $25 million. To date, the franchise has nine films to its name grossing $457 million from a total budget of just $101 million.