Like a trio of filmmakers trying to make a documentary about some Maryland folklore, The Blair Witch Project is at war with itself.
The Blair Witch Project has never been a cut-and-dry Hollywood project. This scrappy $35,000 mockumentary wasn’t meant to be a blockbuster, but it went on to become one of the most profitable independent films ever made. Now, due to the creative marketing and filmmaking savvy of co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez and their team, Hollywood is legally obligated to attempt a Blair Witch sequel every decade.
He writes that Artisan Entertainment, the film’s original distributor, “claimed to have released the most profitable independent film ever , while internally they told us that they were actually losing money from marketing expenses… so WE might wind up owing THEM .” Leonard also claims each actor made $300,000 and “never saw another dime.” Within a year of the film’s release, “Mike was back to moving furniture.
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