Director Griffith's original budget of $40,000 (expanded o $60,000) quickly ballooned, so Griffith appealed to businessmen and other investors to help finance the film - that eventually cost $110,000! The propagandistic film was one of the biggest box-office money-makers in the history of film, partly due to its exorbitant charge of $2 per ticket - unheard of at the time.Female: No, I want them now.(She grabbed for the camera and tried o bite his hand, but he had the camera strap securely wrapped around his wrist)Thomas: No! What's the rush? Don't let's spoil everything...And I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got." The odds were against Balboa regaining his title against the brawler Lang.Before the fight, Apollo requested that Rocky wear his red, white, and blue striped trunks from their fight - linking the two together in the contest." He also attempted to describe "an unusual subject: the story of he birth of freedom" found in "the story of Moses.The third US astronaut, attempting to launch and flee in the lunar excursion module, was crushed and killed by Non.