Mad Max (1979)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is currently struggling at the box office despite high marks from people who’ve actually gone to see it. (It has earned $32 million in the worst Memorial Day Weekend box office in decades — not counting in 2020, when theaters were mostly closed.)
But the first film in the series, 1979’s Mad Max, was a clear box-office triumph. Made on the cheap, for the equivalent of $250,000 in U.S. currency, the Australian dystopian action drama earned $100 million — 400 times its budget.
It not only introduced a young Mel Gibson to a mass audience, but spawned one of the most enduring of all film franchises.
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