Mister Wilhelm
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What this thread IS for:
- Talking about movies that can be considered "low budget"
- This includes movies made for much less than usual than other movies like it, such as District 9 (which cost $30 million, not exactly a small sum but still about half of what CGI driven major sci-fi releases cost)
- Providing exposure for titles that may have been overlooked as they were not given proper financial backing overall
- B-movies put out by minor studios (Troma, etc.)
- Discussion of ways studios manage to make movies for less, smartly cut costs, etc.
What this thread is NOT for:
- Home movies, laptop directors looking for exposure
- Movies that you consider underrated (but still cost the usual to make)
- Box office flops that still carry an average to large budget
- TV shows...though movies based on shows are ok (keep the budget in mind, Serenity cost over $40 million, folks)
Also, please put all movie titles in bold and list the actual budget and profits when you have the information.
You can find most movies listed at BOX OFFICE MOJO.
To kick off the thread, I want to post about two low(er) budget movies I loved.
First off, NARC.
Made for a mere $6.5 million and taking in almost twice as much at around $13 million overall, I was blown away by this one. The plot is pretty typical and could easily be condensed into an episode of CSI, but it's the performances of Ray Liotta and Jason Patrick as well as the way the movie explores the psychology of being a narcotics officer.
The next one might surprise you, but it was actually made for around $15 million.
This is one of those "relatively low" titles I mentioned. While comedies don't always cost a lot to make in the grand scheme of things, this movie was a huge undertaking. Not only did they have to do a lot of trick shots with Mike Myers playing more than one main character, but they did a lot of stunt shots, needed retro clothing and sets designed, had a complex soundtrack built from the ground up, and had a ton of cameos from various celebrities.
To put this further in perspective, the recent romcom POS Something Borrowed cost over $30 million to make, and this movie basically consisted of dialog and very little else. Even adjusted for inflation (it was made in 1997), the fact that they made Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery for so little is impressive as hell. They also made around $70 million from the movie and the series became a blockbuster with the following sequels.
- Talking about movies that can be considered "low budget"
- This includes movies made for much less than usual than other movies like it, such as District 9 (which cost $30 million, not exactly a small sum but still about half of what CGI driven major sci-fi releases cost)
- Providing exposure for titles that may have been overlooked as they were not given proper financial backing overall
- B-movies put out by minor studios (Troma, etc.)
- Discussion of ways studios manage to make movies for less, smartly cut costs, etc.
What this thread is NOT for:
- Home movies, laptop directors looking for exposure
- Movies that you consider underrated (but still cost the usual to make)
- Box office flops that still carry an average to large budget
- TV shows...though movies based on shows are ok (keep the budget in mind, Serenity cost over $40 million, folks)
Also, please put all movie titles in bold and list the actual budget and profits when you have the information.
You can find most movies listed at BOX OFFICE MOJO.
To kick off the thread, I want to post about two low(er) budget movies I loved.
First off, NARC.
Made for a mere $6.5 million and taking in almost twice as much at around $13 million overall, I was blown away by this one. The plot is pretty typical and could easily be condensed into an episode of CSI, but it's the performances of Ray Liotta and Jason Patrick as well as the way the movie explores the psychology of being a narcotics officer.
The next one might surprise you, but it was actually made for around $15 million.
This is one of those "relatively low" titles I mentioned. While comedies don't always cost a lot to make in the grand scheme of things, this movie was a huge undertaking. Not only did they have to do a lot of trick shots with Mike Myers playing more than one main character, but they did a lot of stunt shots, needed retro clothing and sets designed, had a complex soundtrack built from the ground up, and had a ton of cameos from various celebrities.
To put this further in perspective, the recent romcom POS Something Borrowed cost over $30 million to make, and this movie basically consisted of dialog and very little else. Even adjusted for inflation (it was made in 1997), the fact that they made Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery for so little is impressive as hell. They also made around $70 million from the movie and the series became a blockbuster with the following sequels.
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