I don't know if it still applies, but at the time it was the most profitable film in history.
Its budget was $750,000 and it grossed $248 million.
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Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron,
Thu 4 Oct 2012, 9:10,
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I still want to know how they managed to spend 750 thousand (and yeah I know about the websites and stuff, but they cost about 30p back then, hell companies like freenetname were giving them away :p )
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Saner,
Thu 4 Oct 2012, 9:29,
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