List of most expensive films ever ($316.6 Million?! Damn Disney!!)

[cidman911]

Everyday you learn something...

Kym Forbes................................................................................................................................Production costs (KYM est. '0 Production costs (Forbes est. '06) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films#

1	n/a	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	2007	$316.6m	n/a
2	1	Cleopatra	1963	$314.6m	$290,200,000
3	2	Superman Returns	2006	$294.6m	$268,500,000
4	3	Titanic	1997	$272.6m	$250,200,000
5	n/a	Spider-Man 3	2007	$272.2m	n/a
6	4	Waterworld	1995	$251.2m	$231,600,000
7	6	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	2003	$237.8m	$219,500,000
8	8	King Kong	2005	$231.9m	$212,300,000
9	7	Spider-Man 2	2004	$231.6m	$212,800,000
10	n/a	Quantum of Solace	2008	$230.0m	n/a
	5	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	2006		$223,100,000
	9	X-Men: The Last Stand	2006		$209,300,000
	10	Wild Wild West	1999		$206,400,000
	11	Speed 2: Cruise Control	1997		$201,400,000
	12	The 13th Warrior	1999		$193,200,000
	13	Troy	2004		$186,800,000
	14	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	2005		$184,600,000
	15	The Polar Express	2004		$174,300,000
	16=	Armageddon	1998		$173,100,000
	16=	Lethal Weapon 4	1998		$173,100,000
	18	Van Helsing	2004		$170,700,000
	19	Superman	1978		$163,900,000[sup][9][/sup]
	20	The Matrix Reloaded	2003		$165,000,000
	21=	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	2003		$164,100,000
	21=	The Matrix Revolutions	2003		$164,100,000
	23	The Perfect Storm	2000		$164,000,000
	24	Alexander	2004		$163,800,000
	25	The World Is Not Enough	1999		$161,900,000

Got the numbers off Wikipedia.

The actual numbers may vary but it gives you an idea as to how much is being spent just to get your $8-15 at the movie theater. Crazy!!!

 

[soltheman]

Waterworld had to have been the worst investment of all time.

 

[cronicmolemolereturns]

Oh...Waterworld what a shame

 

[cidman911]

I'd go with King Kong...I couldn't even stand to watch the commercials.

 

[korean dave]

I would say Terminator 3 is the worst...how disappointing that was

 

[kiddin like jason]

$314 million in 1963?

 

[th0mas cr0wn]

I'm shocked that Wild Wild West cost that much to make





and I'm surprised that no Star Wars movies were up there

 

[cidman911]

Originally Posted by Kiddin Like Jason

$314 million in 1963?

That cost $44 million...but cause of inflation. That's how much it stands at.

 

[dvdjamm5150]

Avatar will be on there soon...

 

[lifelessons]

...............

 

[sneakerfan93]

Transformers' not on there..?

 

[arrjae2]

crazy....
and waterworld?
really?

movie was dope though....

 

[starkyl0ve]

Originally Posted by CIDMAN911


The actual numbers may vary but it gives you an idea as to how much is being spent just to get your $8-15 at the movie theater. Crazy!!!

I wouldn't word it quite like that.

 

[supervi11ain]

how did they use that much money making polar express?

 

[cidman911]

Originally Posted by StarkyL0ve

Originally Posted by CIDMAN911


The actual numbers may vary but it gives you an idea as to how much is being spent just to get your $8-15 at the movie theater. Crazy!!!

I wouldn't word it quite like that.

Idk. Why else would they go so overboard with the spending, is how I look at it.

 

[starkyl0ve]

Originally Posted by CIDMAN911

Originally Posted by StarkyL0ve

Originally Posted by CIDMAN911


The actual numbers may vary but it gives you an idea as to how much is being spent just to get your $8-15 at the movie theater. Crazy!!!

I wouldn't word it quite like that.

Idk. Why else would they go so overboard with the spending, is how I look at it.

I don't know what you're getting at. I'm just saying there's A LOT of profit being made off these movies, regardless of how muchthey spend to get an individuals 10 dollars.

 

[j671]

 

[ghenges]

Hmm...I don't know about that POTC figure.. since both parts 2 and 3 were filmed at the same time, there had to be a lot of overlap of costs. $300 mill isa pretty high estimate for one film.

 

[thegr8blkhope]

Waterworld???? Eww...
Surprised QoS is on there. Don't remember that many mind blowing things effects wise in that movie.

 

[cwrite78]

armageddon? only good thing about that was the song that made all girls cry

 

[daytona 5000]

How much did Titanic make again? Probably triple that amount it cost to make it.

 

[cidman911]

Originally Posted by StarkyL0ve

Originally Posted by CIDMAN911

Originally Posted by StarkyL0ve

Originally Posted by CIDMAN911


The actual numbers may vary but it gives you an idea as to how much is being spent just to get your $8-15 at the movie theater. Crazy!!!

I wouldn't word it quite like that.

Idk. Why else would they go so overboard with the spending, is how I look at it.

I don't know what you're getting at. I'm just saying there's A LOT of profit being made off these movies, regardless of how much they spend to get an individuals 10 dollars.

I'm pretty sure they know most movies make good profits regardless of how much is spent, like you say. But even you gotta agree that with thebigger the budget, the bigger the buzz and that in itself is enough to make people go see them.

They spend tons and tons of money on all this advertising, on trying to get the best special effects, the best actors, the best anything really. The costs forthese things do have something to do with us in those movie theater chairs.

I really don't know all the ins and outs of why so much is spent but I can gather enough that it does have something to do with them trying to get me inthat movie theater and eventually, dvd sales.

Look at this list of the highest grossing movies ever. Most of them sure as hell aren't mid-budget films. I think the cheapest one out of all theseproduced was Jurassic Park and its gotta be every movie studio's goal to make with a success story like they did by cranking out all that money so they canget the critical success and eventually the gross revenue will catch up to the buzz.

1	Titanic	20th Century Fox/Paramount	$1,842,879,955	1997	[sup][# 1][/sup]​
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line Cinema	$1,119,110,941	2003	[sup][# 2][/sup]​
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Disney	$1,066,179,725	2006	[sup][# 3][/sup]​
4	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$1,001,921,825	2008	[sup][# 4][/sup]​
5	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros.	$974,733,550	2001	[sup][# 5][/sup]​
6	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Disney	$960,996,492	2007	[sup][# 6][/sup]​
7	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	$938,212,738	2007	[sup][# 7][/sup]​
8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line Cinema	$925,282,504	2002	[sup][# 8][/sup]​
9	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	$924,317,558	1999	[sup][# 9][/sup]​
10	Shrek 2	DreamWorks SKG	$919,838,758	2004	[sup][# 1[/sup]​
11	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	$917,214,366	2009	[sup][# 11][/sup]​
12	Jurassic Park	Universal Studios	$914,691,118	1993	[sup][# 12][/sup]​
13	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	$895,921,036	2005	[sup][# 13][/sup]​
14	Spider-Man 3	Sony Pictures/Columbia	$890,871,626	2007	[sup][# 14][/sup]​
15	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$878,643,482	2002	[sup][# 15][/sup]​

List of worldwide highest-grossing films [th=""]Rank [/th] [th=""]Title [/th] [th=""]Studio(s) [/th] [th=""]Worldwide Gross [/th] [th=""]Year [/th] [th=""]Ref. [/th]

 

[ag 47]

Originally Posted by soltheman

Waterworld had to have been the worst investment of all time.

First thing that came to mind.

 

[neighb0rh00d]

it aint tricky if you got it.............

 

[kicks r me]

Originally Posted by AG 47

Originally Posted by soltheman

Waterworld had to have been the worst investment of all time.

First thing that came to mind.

Apparently it's only the 9th worst investment of all time:

The Golden Compass	2007	$205,000,000	$70,107,728	34.2%	$134,892,272
Alexander[sup][7][/sup]	2004	$155,000,000	$34,297,191	22.1%	$120,702,809
Stealth	2005	$138,000,000	$31,704,416	23.0%	$106,295,584
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	2001	$137,000,000	$32,131,830	23.3%	$104,868,170
Treasure Planet	2002	$140,000,000	$38,176,783	34.8%	$101,823,217
Poseidon	2006	$160,000,000	$60,674,817	37.9%	$99,325,183
The Adventures of Pluto Nash[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._and_Canadian_box_office_bombs#cite_note-3[/sup]	2002	$100,000,000	$4,411,102	4.41%	$95,588,898
Peter Pan	2003	$140,000,000	$48,462,608	30.7%	$91,537,392
Waterworld	1995	$175,000,000	$88,246,220	50.4%	$86,753,780
The Island	2005	$122,200,000	$35,799,026	29.2%	$86,400,974

[th=""]Title [/th] [th=""]Year [/th] [th=""]Budget [/th] [th=""]U.S. Gross [/th] [th=""]% of budget [/th] [th=""]Net loss [/th]

Full list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...anadian_box_office_bombs