Carpenter’s film cost something around $300,000 to make, but it would end up making $70 million worldwide, easily making our list of movies that made 100 times their budget at the boxoffice.
Movie ticket sales took a bit of a hit in 2024. The annual domestic boxoffice is expected to end up at around $8.75 billion, down more than 3% from 2023, according to estimates from Comscore.