Every summer film companies release movies with high budgets, mega stars and over the top marketing ploys to entice movie goers to check out their flick  but sometimes that doesn’t exactly translate into mega bucks for the movie. The companies may not be able to recoup the money they plucked out for the film and see extreme losses.

In the case of this summers block buster films some high budget movies were able to earn top buck. While some smaller budget films were able to turn a profit despite the lack of a super star actor or budget. Lets look at the winners and losers of this summers blockbusters and flops.

The Purge

Movie Budget: $3 million
Worldwide Box Office: $78 million

Profit: $75 million