13 Facts About Low-budget film

Low-budget film or low-budget movie is a motion picture shot with little to no funding from a major film studio or private investor.

The makers of the Low-budget film do not know how well the Low-budget film they release will be received.

Wayne Wang's Low-budget film Chan Is Missing, set on the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown, was made for $20, 000 in 1982.

Possibly an even more successful low-budget film was the 1972 film Deep Throat which cost only $22, 500 to produce, yet was rumored to have grossed over $600 million, though this figure is often disputed.

UK film Monsters is a recent successful example of bringing what was once considered the exclusive preserve of the big studios—the expensive, special effects blockbuster—to independent, low-budget cinema.

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The Low-budget film's budget was reported to be approximately $500, 000, but it grossed $4, 188, 738 at the box office.

Micro budget Low-budget film is that which is made on an extremely low budget, sometimes as little as a few thousand dollars.

Director David Lynch had so much trouble securing funds that the Low-budget film had to be made over a six-year period, whenever Lynch could afford to shoot scenes.

Slacker, a 1991 comedy-drama Low-budget film written and directed by Richard Linklater, was produced for $23, 000.

The Low-budget film was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2012.

In Russia, the 1997 crime Low-budget film Brother was made with a budget of around $10, 000, and was extremely successful when it was first released.

Primer is a 2004 American science fiction Low-budget film written, directed and produced by Shane Carruth, a former mathematician and engineer, who starred, and was completed on a budget of only $7, 000.

Paranormal Activity, a 2007 horror Low-budget film written and directed by Oren Peli, was made for $15, 000 and grossing about $193, 355, 800.