'Insidious' Is the Most Profitable Film of 2011
5:06 PM PDT 4/26/2011 by Pamela McClintock
The microbudgeted horror film marks another win for "Paranormal Activity" team Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider.
They say lightning doesn't strike twice. Don't tell that to the Paranormal Activity team of Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider, whose microbudgeted horror film Insidious is crossing the $50 million mark globally and is on to track to gross as much as $80 million or $90 million at the worldwide box office.
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