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It's pretty impressive they did this movie with just 2 million dollars


Public Enemies (2009) for instance cause 50 times more! 100 million dollars.

I mean sure the actors probably didn't demand as much of a pay-check as Depp did and the filming locations were probably cheaper to rent etc, but still, more movies should be made there if it's that cheap... PLUS it's a notch better than PUBLIC ENEMIES as well so it goes to show that you don't necessarily need a big budget to make a good movie

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A lot of movies and TV shows are filmed in South Africa. A great example is Dredd (2012) which was made on a budget of $30 million, I think. If it had been filmed in the US it would likely have cost $100 million. Another example is Chronicle (2012) which had a budget of only $12 million, and which would have cost at least $50-$60 million if it were filmed in the US.

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