" For years after that film came out , people would come up to me and say , ‘ You know , I really like you in that film Scrimshaw Reduction or Shimmy , Shimmy , Shake , or Shankshaw . ’ "
We often assume that if a movie breaks even, or makes double its reported budget, then it’s surely done alright, right? Wrong. The marketing and other costs mean that most movies' revenue must far exceed their budget.
We all know you shouldn’t judge a movie by its box office success, and these 19 films proved it, by going from box office flops to acclaimed cult classics.
1.Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2.The Shawshank Redemption
3.Hocus Pocus
4.The Big Lebowski
5.Fight Club
6.Donnie Darko
7.Hugo
8.The Iron Giant
9.The King of Comedy
10.The Thing
11.Idiocracy
12.Steve Jobs
13.Warrior
14.Children of Men
15.The Rocky Horror Picture Show
16.Heathers
17.Brazil
18.Labyrinth
19.Mulholland Drive
