Low Budget Films That Made More Than Their Money Back

Published on December 20, 2018 By James Spiro

Nightcrawler – $8.5 million budget

Nightcrawler tells the timely story of unethical journalism and how far people will go to get what they want. Jake Gyllenhaal lost much of his weight to play the creepy cameraman who shoots crimes in Los Angeles.

Low Budget
Open Road Films

Made for only $8.5 million, Nightcrawler made more than $50 million back at the box office. The director, Dan Gilroy recently partnered with Gyllenhaal again for the Netflix film Velvet Buzzsaw.