Movies make for peanuts but made millions

  5 movies made for peanuts that made millions     The film, made on a budget of $950,000[2][3] and shot in 28 days, was a sleeper hit; it made over $225 million,[1] the highest grossing film of 1976, and won three Oscars, including Best Picture. The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star.[4] It spawned five sequels: Rocky II, III, IV, V and Rocky Balboa, all written by and starring Stallone.         Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher horror film directed and scored byJohn Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence andJamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film was the first installment in what became theHalloween franchise. The plot is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield,Illinois.       The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film written and directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. Though fictional, it is presented as "found footage", as if pieced together from amateur footage, and popularised this style of horror movie.     Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film written and directed byOren Peli.[1][2][5] The film centers on a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of "found footage", from cameras set up by the couple in an attempt to document what is haunting them.      Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and revised by Miller and Byron Kennedy over the original script by James McCausland, starring Mel Gibson, who had not yet become famous.