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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%