Why The First Mad Max Movie Cost So Little (& How Much Money It Made)

The original Mad Max was famously cheap and famously profitable, but how did George Miller manage to produce the movie on such a small budget?

February 6, 2025 · 1 min · 69 words · Jackson Diaz

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Other sources, likeThe Numbers, place the budget at an even more meager $200,000.

Adjusted for inflation,Mad Maxwould have earned somewhere between $35 million and $400 million in 2024.

George Miller andMad Maxare proof that even a shoestring budget can lead to massive amounts of money.

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