Jigsaw’s Billion Dollar Game: How the ‘Saw’ Series Dodged Straight-to-Video Purgatory to Become a 10-Film Juggernaut
The gruesome “Saw” franchise has grossed more than $1 billion at the global box office — but the original 2004 horror film was destined to be a direct-to-video curio. That is, until a pair of rollicking test screenings saved it. “The first one we did in Camarillo [Calif.] and it scored so well that Lionsgate […]