Julian Crowley
This independent comedy, which Kevin Smith directed, acted in as the character Silent Bob and shot on location in the convenience store where he was employed, launched him on his rise to serious success. Shot on a budget of only $27,000, the movie spoke to a generation of disaffected slackers and managed to rake in an incredible $3,894,240 worldwide gross, for a percentage return of over 7,000%. This is even more impressive when you realize that the movie was never shown in more than 100 US theaters at any one time. The project sparked an animated series, comics and a sequel.
