Movies with the biggest budget: rating, list of the best

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Theoretically, if you invest an impressive amount in the production of a film, inviting the best screenwriters, directors and actors for the allocated funds, you should get at least a good movie.

But, alas, this formula often fails. Otherwise, we would have received a pipeline for the production of masterpieces. So the biggest budget movie in the world does not automatically make it high quality and in demand by the general public. Still, for the recognition of the tape, something else is required, and not just a tidy sum on the account of the picture.

Looking at modern cinema, many viewers often ask themselves: what movie has the biggest budget and what was it spent on? Some studios prefer to hide the exact financial data from the viewer, but in general it is still possible to present the big picture.

We present to your attention the top films with the biggest budget. Some paintings went down in history and were remembered for many years. Others have become regular expensive rides that are forgotten in a week or two, or even the next day. All figures below are adjusted for inflation.

1. "PiratesCaribbean: At World's End (2007)

Here we have the biggest film budget ever - $341 million. The picture brought protagonist Johnny Depp a fantastic $56 million. No male actor has previously received such a fee.

The producers didn't make a mistake by betting so much money on Captain Jack Sparrow, because the blockbuster canonical figure brought them about $960 million in returns. The biggest budget film turned out really well and deserves its place of honor in the legendary series.

2. Avengers 3: Infinity War (2018)

Another most expensive budget movie in cinema history. About $300 million was spent on the painting. Naturally, the main part of the budget was directed to the fee of famous actors, of which there are more than ever here.

No less paid for special effects, which are literally at every turn. Judging by the reviews of critics, the film with the largest budget turned out to be quite worthy. The continuation of the superhero saga was liked by the general public, even despite such an unexpected ending to the tape.

The most expensive film on the budget fully justified the funds invested in it, collecting $ 2 billion at the box office. Only a few can boast of such an excellent return. But for films based on the Marvel universe, this is already becoming the norm.

3. Titanic (1997)

For its year, this is the film with the largest budget - 294 million dollars. Just building a shipcost half that amount. But James Cameron did not fail and created a real masterpiece, which many are reconsidering to this day.

The biggest-budgeted film is doing well too. For the entire time of the rental, the tape has collected more than $ 2 billion worldwide, surpassing the previous top participant.

4. Spider-Man 3: Reflected Enemy (2007)

The first version of the Spider-Man franchise appealed to viewers of all ages and made a big box office. The third film was especially distinguished, in which $291 million was invested. Subsequently, Sony decided to restart the franchise and completely changed the cast.

The new films received far from the most flattering reviews from critics, because only teenagers showed interest in restarting, and the older generation prefers to revise the old versions of the film comic. This is confirmed by the box office. "Enemy in Reflection" raised nearly $900 million.

5. "Rapunzel: Tangled" (2010)

The budget of the animated film surprised everyone. One of the most expensive cartoons cost Hollywood $281 million. Filmmakers explain such costs by the complexity of layout. The production of the film had to combine classic hand-drawn drawings with computer technology.

The creators wanted to show the audience the mood of a classic Disney product in modern realities. And they did it. Byworldwide, the picture has collected almost 600 million dollars, which is a very good result for an animated movie.

6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

This film has been the highest-grossing film in the United States since the first film in the franchise. Moreover, the budget was exactly doubled, where about $275 million was spent on the Half-Blood Prince.

The film was well received by critics, as was the audience. The continuation of the franchise brought the creators more than $ 900 million at the box office worldwide.

7. "Waterworld" (1995)

Despite the fact that the film turned out to be atmospheric, beautiful and generally of high quality in many respects, the tape failed miserably at the box office. The budget allocated for it, which is about 271 million dollars, it did not recapture, collecting a little more than 260 million.

The picture owes its failure to the pirates, who distributed copies long before the premiere, not only in North America, but throughout the world. Moreover, the version was, as it turned out, with an alternative ending. While the premiere was with a different ending.

8. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (2006)

The film was the perfect start for the industry at the time, grossing nearly $140 million in its opening weekend. But the budget of the tape has grown significantly in comparison with the first film in the franchise. The producers invested about $262 million in the film.

Decent budget due to the huge number of special effects. For two and a half hours of screen time, there were more than 600 complex plans. The money invested paid off with interest. PerThe film grossed more than $1.6 billion during its release.

9. Avatar (2009)

Surely many expected to see this picture in the first place. A colossal amount of special effects and an impressive cast cost James Cameron $ 261 million. But if we add advertising and promotion of the project here, then the figure will approach 500 million.

The legendary filmmaker managed to release another masterpiece, which was accepted by both critics and the general public with a bang. The film grossed a record $2.8 billion at the worldwide box office. Not a single painting could repeat such a success.

Looking ahead, it's worth noting that James Cameron's Avatar sequel has a budget of almost a billion dollars.

10. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

No one imagined that the trilogy, grown up on a thin book, would become an epic saga and cost filmmakers almost twice as much as The Lord of the Rings. The budget for "An Unexpected Journey" was about $260 million.

One of the tangible cost items for the film was the filming of the tape in 3D format. Peter Jackson did his best and guessed almost everything, from the cast to the special effects studio. As a result, the film grossed more than $1 billion at the box office.

11. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

This is the third movie based on the DC Comics movie about the legendary Batman. The director did not follow the beaten and erroneous path of many filmmakers, where interest in trilogiesfaded away with each successive tape.

After the second part of the superhero saga grossed almost a billion dollars in 2008, many realized that the third film would be a similar success. As a result, the $259 million spent on the tape paid off fourfold, bringing more than a billion to the box office.

12. "John Carter" (2012)

After the film's release and a few weeks of release, Disney sent out an official press release pointing out significant losses. The budget of the film was about 259 million dollars, and this is without taking into account promotion, where, by modest measures, an amount of 100 million was spent. While at the box office, the film grossed a little more than 250 million.

The film turned out to be atmospheric and beautiful, but critics brought down a flurry of negative reviews about the choice of actors for the main roles. In addition, the writers almost completely rewrote the characters of many key characters. And picky viewers compared the film exactly with the book work, on which the movie was made.

13. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

After the start of filming, the creators wanted to meet the 170-180 million dollars, but, apparently, went into a rage and spent almost 257 million. So the third part of the franchise can be called the most expensive. It is also worth noting that Arnold Schwarzenegger himself allocated a considerable part of the money to replenish the budget.

The fact is that it was very important for Iron Arnie that the filming of the tape took place in Vancouver, and not in morefilm-industry-friendly Los Angeles. The film turned out to match the first two parts, although, judging by the reviews of critics, he did not reach the previously set bar. Nevertheless, the film grossed more than $430 million worldwide, recouping the investment.

14. "King Kong" (2005)

The very first film adaptation, released in 1933, cost about 670 thousand dollars. But the 2005 film was directed by Peter Jackson, who asked for 20 million for his services. Yes, and Naomi Watts was in the midst of her career and also demanded a rather big fee.

Here you can add numerous special effects, and as a result, the budget of the picture has grown to 254 million dollars. The picture received not the best reviews, but was generally accepted by the general public and collected about 420 million in the worldwide box office, fully recouping the production costs.

15. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Here, as in the case of the last film in the franchise, we have stars of the first magnitude. So a good half of the budget, which is $ 251 million, went to the fees of the actors. Robert Downey Jr asked for almost 40 million, and Scarlett Johansson - 20 million, becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, moving Angelina Jolie by a million (19 million for The Tourist).

Interestingly, the Hulk was paid the least. Mark Ruffalo had to be content with a "modest" fee of 2.8 million. The producers argued that most of the screen time is occupied by a cartoon character. MCU, not the actor himself.

The picture was a success at the box office and collected almost $1.5 billion worldwide, which fully paid off the funds invested in it and in the venerable cast.

16. Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel (2011)

In conclusion, jumping over many Hollywood films, we can note the creativity of domestic filmmakers. The budgets of Russian films, of course, are much more modest than American ones, but still worth mentioning.

In 2011, Nikita Mikhalkov filmed the continuation of the film "Burnt by the Sun". It can be said that the best domestic actors were invited to the shooting. And as a result, we received the largest budget for a Russian film - $45 million.

The epic nature of the film, declared by marketers, can only be compared with the epic nature of its box office failure. The Citadel grossed just $1.5 million at the box office, thirty times under budget.