MOST PROFITABLE MOVIES, BASED ON RETURN ON INVESTMENT

#

Release Date

Name

Approx. Profit

Budget

Roi

1

9/25/2009

Paranormal Activity

$89,362,022

$450,000

19,758%

2

7/10/2015

The Gallows

$6,942,871

$100,000

6,843%

3

1/6/2012

The Devil Inside

$37,316,634

$1,000,000

3,640%

4

2/5/1953

Peter Pan (1953)

$140,410,801

$4,000,000

3,410%

5

3/21/2014

God’s Not Dead

$36,387,141

$1,150,000

3,064%

6

6/16/1978

Grease

$186,897,772

$6,000,000

3,015%

7

5/25/1977

Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope

$325,175,847

$11,000,000

2,856%

8

10/20/2010

Paranormal Activity 2

$77,144,539

$3,000,000

2,471%

9

1/1/1946

It’s a Wonderful Life

$74,804,338

$3,180,000

2,252%

10

4/1/2011

Insidious

$35,082,749

$1,500,000

2,239%

11

1/20/2017

Split

$105,003,522

$5,000,000

2,000%

12

12/15/1974

Young Frankenstein

$58,354,192

$2,800,000

1,984%

13

10/06/2009

A Charlie Brown Christmas

$3,095,858

$150,000

1,964%

14

6/20/1975

Jaws

$224,979,853

$12,000,000

1,775%

15

10/23/1992

Reservoir Dogs

$22,452,279

$1,200,000

1,771%

16

2/24/2017

Get Out

$84,966,277

$5,000,000

1,599%

17

8/28/2015

War Room

$50,969,382

$3,000,000

1,599%

18

11/13/1991

Beauty and the Beast

$336,485,273

$20,000,000

1,582%

19

10/03/2014

Annabelle

$102,468,773

$6,500,000

1,476%

20

4/17/2015

Unfriended

$13,783,532

$1,000,000

1,278%