It's that time of year when the list of this and that come out, here is an interesting one, from whatculture.com is a list of the most profitable films of the year.

No massive budget films here, mainly low budget films that happen to do well at the box office, an interesting read.

1. Annabelle - Production budget: $6,500,000 - Worldwide gross: $252,673,813 - Profit: 3,887%

2. God's Not Dead - Production budget: $2,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $62,630,732 - Profit: 3,132%

3. The Fault In Our Stars - Production budget: $12,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $304,186,490 - Profit: 2,535%

4. Ouija - Production budget: $5,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $75,856,010 - Profit: 1,517%

5. Bad Neighbours - Production budget: $18,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $268,157,400 - Profit: 1,490%

6. The Purge: Anarchy - Production budget: $9,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $110,602,999 - Profit: 1,229%

7. Lucy - Production budget: $40,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $458,863,600 - Profit: 1,147%

8. The Maze Runner - Production budget: $34,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $339,422,634 - Profit: 998%

9. Heaven Is For Real - Production budget: $12,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $101,332,962 - Profit: 844%

10. The Lego Movie - Production budget: $60,000,000 - Worldwide gross: $468,060,692 - Profit: 780%
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