Films These are the most expensive film productions of all time
It is not uncommon for Hollywood blockbusters with star casts to hit the box office in the hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. But the production costs are also immensely high. Not surprisingly, the most expensive films are mainly action films. The elaborate CGI effects and post-productions are therefore quite expensive. The fees for the strips, which are mostly filled with Hollywood stars, should also make up a significant proportion of the total costs. In addition to repeatedly appearing superheroes, ships also play a major role in the ranking. According to Wikipedia, these are the most expensive film productions in the world:
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# 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Actually, “At World’s End” was planned as the last film the curse of the Caribbean saga. Only about a year after its theatrical success it was announced that there would be a sequel. In “Stranger Tides”, Johnny Depp’s co-stars Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom are no longer on board, but he gets reinforcements from Penélope Cruz. The pirate film was released in 3D and grossed over a billion US dollars. With a production cost of $ 430 million, it remains the most expensive film of all time.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” was released in 2015, earlier than the follow-up films listed below in the Marvel universe. The production cost 394 million dollars. Only one movie in history was more expensive than Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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# 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
The third film in the series, originally planned to conclude the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, exceeded the production costs of the previous films by far. Difficult weather conditions in the Bahamas, where the series was filmed, delayed filming, and some scenes had to be re-shot. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer spoke of technical problems as a result, which probably also caused production costs to rise.
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# 4 Avengers: Endgame
“Avengers: Endgame” continues the storyline of “Avengers: Infinity War” and was released only a year later. With a production cost of $ 356 million, it was even more expensive than its predecessor. Only one film in the series cost even more.
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# 5 Avengers: Infinity War
The action films about the Marvel heroes can all come up with immense production costs and even higher box office profits. The 2018 published “Avengers: Infinity War” cost $ 322 million. In addition to the star cast of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth, the blockbuster scored with numerous award nominations and awards and was also able to inspire critics.
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# 6 Titanic
For a long time, the classic film about the love story of Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) was ranked number 1 of the most expensive – and also most successful – films worldwide. For the film, which first hit cinemas in 1997, $ 319 million was sensational for the time. This was also reflected in the box office results: Titanic earned 1.8353 billion US dollars. Over 70 percent of those went to the box office outside of the United States.
Titanic won eleven Oscars and had 18 million moviegoers in Germany alone.
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# 7 Spider Man 3
A comic book adaptation also occupies seventh place in the ranking. The conclusion of the Spider-Man trilogy was the most expensive film in the series at $ 318 million. The box office results, however, were also many times higher than those of the previous films: at 891 million US dollars worldwide it exceeded them.
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in the leading roles convinced the critics with their high level of acting, and the action aesthetics and the animations were also praised.
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# 8 Justice League
The US action film “Justice League” was released in 2017 and grossed around $ 657.9 million worldwide. The $ 313 million production cost was easily recovered. Even so, of all the films in the DC Extended Universe film franchise, “Justice League” brought in the lowest income.
With Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gardot as Wonder Woman, the film has a star cast. The reviews were, however, rather mixed to moderate.
