Sep 15, 2026 · 30 min · 12 segments
On this episode of The Reel Talk Podcast, Nathan and Neves talk about the most profitable films of all time. We looked at list naming the most profitable films comparing their low budget to how much…
Matthew NevesHostNathanHostYeah, one of the most famous, I would say, lower budget films with a cult following.
From the 90s, you looked at certain other filmmakers like Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
The origin behind that budget was just Kevin Smith maxing out his credit card and hoping for the best.
Went to a bunch of film festivals and got a distribution from Miramax and made over $4 million at the box office, giving it 160 time return on investment.
That's crazy to think about because when you watch Clerks, it obviously feels low budget, but it's like you can still follow the story.
Yeah, I've seen the first one.
Something about the charm of those two leads is like if those two leads didn't have that type of charisma or energy, then the whole movie would fall apart.
their relationship makes the whole movie.
It's what you really remember.
Yeah.
Yeah, one of the most famous, I would say, lower budget films with a cult following.
From the 90s, you looked at certain other filmmakers like Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
The origin behind that budget was just Kevin Smith maxing out his credit card and hoping for the best.
Went to a bunch of film festivals and got a distribution from Miramax and made over $4 million at the box office, giving it 160 time return on investment.
That's crazy to think about because when you watch Clerks, it obviously feels low budget, but it's like you can still follow the story.
Yeah, I've seen the first one.
Something about the charm of those two leads is like if those two leads didn't have that type of charisma or energy, then the whole movie would fall apart.
their relationship makes the whole movie.
It's what you really remember.
Yeah.
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