“We were broke”: $750K Horror Movie Director on How He Made $248M With 331 Times Profit – On a Shoestring Budget
Bruce Willis is one of those actors who has always been associated with great movies and power-packed action stunts. The kind of filmography the Die Hard actor has had, only a few can imagine. Bruce Willis started in theatre before being introduced in Hollywood around the 1980s. The actor had an extremely great career that spans over three decades. The Sixth Sense actor announced retirement from the world of cinema after being diagnosed with Aphasia.
The neurological condition that affects speech Aphasia has progressed to Frontotemporal Dementia. He is currently living with his wife Emma Heming, ex-Victoria’s Secret model, and his two daughters.
Bruce Willis Predicted About The Huge Success Of The Blair Witch Project
The popular 90’s horror movie The Blair Witch Project was a huge hit. However, It was made on a small budget and went on to amass $248 million at the box office. The movie plot revolves around three friends. They plan a trip to the Maryland backwoods to find out the mystery behind the strange Blair Witch incidents. However, they keep on recording themselves and end up losing the map.
During the shooting of Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis made a statement regarding the movie The Blair Witch Project, six years before it was released. The actor went on to say-
“Some day in the next five years someone’s gonna take one of these and make a feature film with it. They almost did it with, uh, Bob Roberts. Some kid, some 17-year-old kid, is gonna make this killer, drop-dead, poorly lit video movie that is gonna be the hippest thing. And then there’s gonna be hundreds of them everywhere. And they’re gonna cost about… $60,000.”
The director duo Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez had never expected the movie would go on to become a big hit.
“We were broke, so we just wanted it to sell it on video, maybe. We couldn’t even imagine a theatrical release,” Eduardo Sanchez said in an interview.“We were thinking maybe video or one of the cable networks would pick it up, give us a little money so that way we could go and make another movie. That was basically our expectations. Before we got accepted into Sundance we had a whole plan for in case we didn’t get in, you know? But luckily we got in.”
They were looking forward to releasing the video in exchange for some money.
Demi Moore Celebrates Ex-Husband Bruce Willis’s Birthday
Recently Demi Moore and Emma Heming celebrated the 68th birthday of Bruce Willis. After being diagnosed with Dementia, the Armageddon actor has been struggling with memory loss. The entire family of the actor came together to celebrate his special day. Demi Moore shared a heart-touching video of her ex-husband Bruce Willis on Instagram and captioned it as-
Happy birthday, BW! So glad we could celebrate you today. Love you and love our family. Thank you to everyone for the love and warm wishes — we all feel them.
The family has been through a rough patch during the diagnosis of Bruce Willis. However, Demi Moore and his current wife Emma Heming are trying their best to revive his memory. They even watch his old movies together in order to keep his memory intact.
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