Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Trivial Pursuit 39

The following films hold the Guinness World Record for the highest Profit-to-Cost Ratio for a movie ever made :


1)







Movie : The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Budget : $35,000

World Gross : $240 million

Earning-to-Cost Ratio : x 6857



2)









Movie : Mad Max (1979)

Budget : $350,000

World Gross : $100 million

Earning-to-Cost Ratio : x 285



3)















Movie : Rocky (1976)

Budget : $1.1 million

World Gross : $225 million

Earning-to-Cost Ratio : x 205



The Question is, which are the top two films ('X' and 'Y') which hold the record for the Highest Profit-to-Cost Ratio for an Indian film ?





She played the title role in 'X'.





He is the Director of 'Y'.
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3 comments:

  1. rishiAugust 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    THIS TIME I AM JUST GUESSING :

    IS 'X' Anita Guha in and as Jai Santoshi Maa ?

    IS ' Y ' Sagar Bellary of ' Bheja Fry ' ?

    Both r just my guess , but i think x should be correct and y should be wrong .......

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  2. asherxaiAugust 18, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    Rishi Bhai, you are absolutely right..

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  3. asherxaiAugust 18, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    'Jai Santoshi Maa' (1975) was made on a 4-5 lakhs budget and collected a distributor share of 5 crore which is 100 times it's cost.

    'Bheja Fry' (2007) was made on a budget of 50 lakhs and did a business of around 13 crore which is 26 times it's cost.

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