{"id":123757,"date":"2021-12-11T10:49:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T10:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=123757"},"modified":"2021-12-11T10:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T10:49:04","slug":"this-is-the-highest-grossing-independent-film-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/this-is-the-highest-grossing-independent-film-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Highest-Grossing Independent Film of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A list of the highest-grossing films of all time is filled with movies made by studios. Many of these are superhero or Star Wars films. Studios had the capital to make these films, some of which cost hundreds of millions of dollars to produce. Recently, the most expensive films have been made by new &#8220;studios&#8221; such as Amazon, Apple and Netflix, which make films to boost the number of people who subscribe to their streaming services.<\/p>\n<p>Independent films are defined as those not made by large studios. From time to time, one breaks through and has a large box office haul. However, this is rare.<\/p>\n<p>To determine the highest-grossing independent film of all time, 24\/7 Tempo reviewed worldwide ticket sales data for nearly 200 of the most popular independent films based on rankings on IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon; Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator; and Ranker, a digital opinion database. Ticket sales data and production budgets came from The Numbers, an online movie database owned by Nash Information Services. Information on cast and director came from IMDb.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the films we considered had tiny budgets. \u201cNight of the Living Dead\u201d was made for $114,000 and grossed more than $200 million. \u201cThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u201d was made for $140,000 and grossed almost $130 million. \u201cThe Blair Witch Project\u201d had a budget of $600,000 (tiny when adjusted for inflation) and made a whopping $450 million.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, there are also films with big budgets and big stars that qualify as independent. For example, after the success of \u201cPulp Fiction,\u201d Quentin Tarantino went on to make the two \u201cKill Bill\u201d films and \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d (all four were on our list). And showing just how broad the category is, the highest-grossing independent film of all time is \u201cThe Passion of the Christ,\u201d with a gross of almost $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Passion of the Christ\u201d was released in 2004, directed by Mel Gibson and starred Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci and Maia Morgenstern. Here are the box office details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worldwide ticket sales adjusted for inflation: $917,937,665<\/li>\n<li>Worldwide ticket sales at time of release: $622,313,635<\/li>\n<li>Production budget: $25,000,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Click here to see all the highest-grossing independent films of all time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<section id='email-subscribe' class='section section-email-sub single-email-sub'>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<svg style=\"\" class=\"\" viewBox=\"0 0 439 350\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- div.svg-icon --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGet Our Free Investment Newsletter<\/p>\n<form id=\"newsletter-subscribe-homepage\"  class=\"field has-addons\"  method=\"post\"  target=\"blank\"  action=\"https:\/\/www.aweber.com\/scripts\/addlead.pl\"  >\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\"  name=\"listname\"  value=\"awlist5277011\"  >\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\"  name=\"custom form name\"  value=\"below-post-email-form\"  >\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\"  name=\"meta_message\"  value=\"1\"  >\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\"  name=\"meta_required\"  value=\"email\"  >\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\"  name=\"meta_forward_vars\"  value=\"1\"  >\t\t\t\t<span>\t\tI have read, and agree to the \t\t\t\tTerms of Use<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\"  name=\"terms\"  required=\"1\"  style=\"height: auto !important;\"  >\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\"  name=\"email\"  value=\"\"  placeholder=\"Your Email Address\"  id=\"recipient_email_homepage\"  class=\"recipient_email input\"  style=\"height: 45px;\"  >\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\"  name=\"submit\"  value=\"Subscribe\"  id=\"new_subscribe_button\"  class=\"subscribe button js-onclick-new-subscibe\"  style=\"height: 45px;\"  >\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n<\/section>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/media\/2021\/12\/09\/the-highest-grossing-independent-film-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of the highest-grossing films of all time is filled with movies made by studios. 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