A film’s success is calculated by comparing its earnings with its budget. By this method, 2007’s ‘Paranormal Activity’ is the most profitable film.
Made with a meagre budget of $15,000 the horror flick has made Rs16,000 crores ($194 million) at the box office since its release in 2007.
The sleeper hit is considered the most successful film of all time, dwarfing giants like “Titanic”, “Avatar”, and “Avengers”.
Directed by filmmaker Oren Peli, the horror movie starred only two SAG-affiliated actors on a minimum wage of $500.
Reports said that two new actors including Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, who both were struggling actors to get work at the time, saw the casting call on LACasting and auditioned.
Both the actors ended up earning $500 each for their work. During a guest appearance on The Jay Leno Show in November 2009, the actors added that they earned residual income from the film’s profits after it was released in theatres two years later and did good business.
