According to the Huffington Post, IndieGoGo, Kickstarter and others have collectively raised tens to hundreds of millions of dollars for films

Groundbreaking film The Independent Jury Raising Financing via IndieGoGo. Maverick filmmaker Kent Probst is on a mission to bring his never before seen story of jury nullification, The Independent Jury, to the big screen. Like many young filmmakers, he has taken to IndieGoGo, a new ingenious way to finance the project.