Mumbai. In the last few years, there have been many low-budget films that have achieved success beyond expectations at the box office. Both in India and abroad, many small budget films have become blockbusters, giving competition to big budget and star-studded films from time to time. There have been many such films including ‘The Kerala Story’, ‘The Kashmir Files’ and ‘Gang of Wasseypur’. But in the year 2007, a Hollywood film made surprising profit from its budget. The film collected hundreds of times more than its budget.
The name of this film released in the year 2007 was ‘Paranormal Activity’. It was produced and directed by Oren Peli. He also wrote the story of this film. According to the DNA report, the entire film was shot with handheld cameras and CCTV cameras. Due to the crew and four actors of the film, its budget was limited to 1500 dollars i.e. 6 lakh rupees.
The film was released at the box office and collected 193 million dollars i.e. 800 crore rupees worldwide. There was a huge difference between the budget and collection of the film, which made the budget-collection ratio the highest in the history of cinema. The success of the film gave the makers the idea of making its sequel.
7 sequels of ‘Paranormal Activity’ made for 230 crores
After this, Oren Peli made 6 sequels and spinoffs of ‘Paranormal Activity’. 7 films of ‘Paranormal Activity’ franchise earned a total worldwide earning of 890 million dollars i.e. Rs 7320 crores, while their budget was only 28 million dollars i.e. Rs 230 crores. The success ratio of any franchise in the world is not so high.
Seven films of ‘Paranormal Activity’
The first part of ‘Paranormal Activity’ came in the year 2007. Its second film came in the year 2010, third in 2011, fourth in 2012, fifth in 2014, sixth in 2015 and seventh in the year 2021. It has been one of the most watched films in the horror category in the world.
Tags: Hollywood movies
FIRST PUBLISHED: July 30, 2023, 11:00 IST
