I know that David Lynch's first film "Eraserhead" cost 20,000 to make. It looks like it cost much more, and was shot over a period of five years, finally being released in 1977 and has since been a success in cult cinema.
- Matt M.
THE WINTER BUTTERFLY - Is so far the lowest budget film ever produced. It was written,directed and produced by Marcus Tozini and it was 90% shot using 16mm short ends.
It cost U$ 75,000 and it has 135 minutes duration. A full feature Japanese epic.
Marcus Tozini started producing the film in 2004 and it will be released in the Spring of 2010.
Original scoring by Academy Winning composer Stephen Warbeck.
The Longest Day was the top earning box office movie released in 1962 grossing a non inflation adjusted $39,100,000.
Avatar (2009). It grossed over $2.7 billion
The only mildly successful movie that came out in April 1978 that I could find on the 'net is F.I.S.T with Sylvester Stallone.
The highest grossing movie of all time is Titanic, making just over 600 million. However Star Wars made 461 million in 1977, which with the rise in costs over twenty years would probably be more.
It WAS the highest-grossing movie until James Cameron topped himself. His 2009 sci-fi adventure "Avatar" is the No. 1 worldwide boxoffice champion of all time. As of Labor Day, 2014, it had grossed almost 2.8 billion. Cameron's 1997 blockbuster, "Titanic," is now in second place with a total of $2,187 billion.
The lowest grossing box office movie of all time is Zyzzyx Road. It was released during the summer of 2005 and brought in $30.00 as it was seen by 6 movie patrons.
James Cameron's Avatar, the top grossing movie of all time, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. Avatar grossed $2.8 billion from worldwide theatres. Ironically, The Hurt Locker took home the Oscar for Best Film that year, the lowest-grossing movie to ever win the award.
Harry Potter
As of May 01st 2018, Black Panther is the highest grossing superhero movie in America [& the third highest grossing movie ever]Worldwide box office, The Avengers is the highest grossing superhero movie followed by Avengers Age of Ultron & Black Panther.
The sentence should be hyphenated thus: 'It is the highest-grossing movie of the year.' The adjective is 'highest-grossing' - the superlative form of 'high-grossing'.
By highest selling, I assume you mean highest grossing. Highest Grossing Movie in the U.S.A (not adjusted for inflation): Titanic (1997) -- $600,779,824 (not adjusted) or $908,688,900 (adjusted) Highest Grossing Movie in the U.S.A (adjusted for inflation): Gone with the Wind -- $198,676,459 (not adjusted) or $1,430,476,000 (adjusted)
Yes. The Harry Potter series is the highest grossing movie series ever.
If I understood it right, then yes. The lowest grossing Harry Potter movie was Prisoner Of Azkaban which according to my googling grossed 795.6 million dollars. The highest grossing Twilight movie (so far, Breaking Dawn is after all not out yet) was New Moon, which grossed $142839137 according to Wikipedia
the top grossing movie of 2004 was titanic but now the top grossing movie is avatar and they are both by James something i cant spell his last name
In current amounts, Avatar is highest grossing film in history.
Harry Potter is the highest grossing film series ever. The Twilight Saga is the sixteen highest grossing film series. The Chronicles of Narnia is the eighteenth highest grossing film series.
I don't think they use "highest-grossing" as a criterion to determine the movie's quality.