In furtherance of my lifelong obsession with box-office numbers, I had every intention this morning of spending a couple of hours pouring over box-office grosses and comparing them to budgets to arrive at the ten most profitably movies of all time, on a percentage basis. As it turns out, the good people over at The Numbers have not only already compiled such a list, but they included the Top 20 most profitable movies of all time, percentage-wise. I'm not petty enough to deprive you of such information just because I didn't compile it, so I offer you their list and also encourage box-office enthusiasts to check out The Numbers.
Note that the following revenue numbers do not include DVD sales or other ancillary revenue.
1. Paranormal Activity (Budget: $15,000; Revenue: $193 million): 645,801.51%
2. Tarnation (Budget: $218; Revenue: $1.1 million): 266,416.97%
3. Mad Max (Budget: $200,000; Revenue $99.7 million): 24,837.50%
4. Super Size Me (Budget: $65,000; Revenue: $29,529,368): 22,614.90%
5. The Blair Witch Project...
Note that the following revenue numbers do not include DVD sales or other ancillary revenue.
1. Paranormal Activity (Budget: $15,000; Revenue: $193 million): 645,801.51%
2. Tarnation (Budget: $218; Revenue: $1.1 million): 266,416.97%
3. Mad Max (Budget: $200,000; Revenue $99.7 million): 24,837.50%
4. Super Size Me (Budget: $65,000; Revenue: $29,529,368): 22,614.90%
5. The Blair Witch Project...
- 6/28/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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