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* ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'', an small independent horror film with no-name actors and filmed with handheld cameras, that was expected to only recoup its filming costs of $25,000. But the emblematic [[Viral Marketing]] that provided an extra layer of realism, along with the movie filming methods (which would [[Trope Codifier|codify]] the [[Found Footage Films|Found Footage genre]]) created an tremendous amount of interest. The film grossed over $250 million, and to this day it still remains as the most successful independent film and the film with the highest cost-to-profit margin ever created.

* Possibly the biggest example of this Trope for Japanese films is the 2017 film ''[[One Cut of the Dead]]'' - a cheesy B-movie horror comedy about [[Show Within a Show|a film crew ''making'' a cheesy B-movie horror comedy.]] With a budget of only 3 million yen (about $25,000 at the time), it would later become a smash hit in Japan with a profit of about 12 ''billion'' yen, along with critical praise, earning 100% Certified Fresh approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] (based on 86 reviews) and an 86 our of 100 rating on [[Metacritic]].

 

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