Little Miss Sunshine ($8 million budget)
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 indie film that tells the story of the Hoover family on their cross-country road trip so that their youngest, Olive, played by Abigail Breslin, can compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. The film raked in $100 million, more than 12x its budget.
The film features actors Alan Arkin, Greg Kinnear, and Steve Carrell who gave a stellar performance. The film built up quite the anticipation which resulted in a bidding war among studios. The latter went on to win two Academy Awards, one for Arkin.