Clerks ($230,000 budget)
Kevin Smith’s 1994 cult classic, Clerks, was created on a $230,000 budget in 1994 and surprisingly it’s still a cult classic with college students to this day. The film follows the lives of a video store and a convenience store clerks Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson.
The movie grossed $3.2 million, 10 times what was used to create the film. One of its producers, Kevin Smith, has confirmed the production of a Clerks sequel which will be set in modern times.