low-budget
idiom
: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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Producer John Davis tells all on this week’s Crew Call podcast, going back to his early beginnings of the business, his oil tycoon father Marvin Davis who owned 20th Century Fox from 1981-1984, his days as a Fox production exec of low-budget films, his mentor Frank Capra, and more.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2025
In the 2025 version, Black and his friends decide to shoot an ultra-low-budget remake of the original in the Amazon rainforest, as things go hilariously and horrifyingly wrong.
—Alex Cramer, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
This year, though, that spot went instead to Victor, the writer/director/star of a low-budget Sundance indie.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Revenge In 1983, a relatively unknown Clooney appeared in a low-budget horror film with Laura Dern.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2025
In the 2025 version, Black and his friends decide to shoot an ultra-low-budget remake of the original in the Amazon rainforest, as things go hilariously and horrifyingly wrong.
—Alex Cramer, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
This year, though, that spot went instead to Victor, the writer/director/star of a low-budget Sundance indie.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Revenge In 1983, a relatively unknown Clooney appeared in a low-budget horror film with Laura Dern.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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