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Due to the secretive nature of Hollywood accounting, it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made. Star Wars: The Force Awakens officially holds the record with a net budget of $447 million (although it is possible that Avatar: The Way of Water costs more if its price tag is towards the upper-end of its reported $350–460 ...
- Michele Debczak
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) // $456 million.
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) // $417 million.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) // $392 million.
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) // $377 million.
- The biggest budgets in the film industry.
- What's your favorite big budget movie franchise?
- 12. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
- 11. Justice League (2017)
- 10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
- 9. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 8. Fast X (2023)
- 7. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- 6. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 5. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
By Connor Sheppard
Updated: Jan 5, 2024 11:50 pm
Posted: Jan 5, 2024 2:12 pm
One of the most expensive industries in the world, the movie biz has been steadily increasing its income as well as its production costs to keep up with the new tech and content demands of viewers and filmmakers alike. Due to this, most of the movies on this list are from the past few years. With big-budget Hollywood movie companies like Disney, Amazon, and Universal buying up and utilizing all the smaller names in film, it’s easy to see how the movies on this list got here–most notably all the movies owned by Disney.
$300 Million
In a three-way tie for 10th on this list, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is by far the most impressive as the oldest by 4 years. Unfortunately, the returns on that investment didn’t go quite as planned as the $300 million movie grossed just $309 million in domestic box offices. As the third installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, the quality was a bit lacking from the previous two and shows in financial records as well as reviews. This film is unlikely to make any lists of the best pirate movies.
$300 Million
DC’s response to the wildly successful Marvel movie franchise, Justice League shoots for the stars with their first ensemble cast film. Not well received by audiences and critics alike, the huge $300 million budget returned a lifetime domestic gross of $229 million: ultimately a box-office failure. This prompted the Zack Snyder cut to be released years later, which only somewhat increased overall revenue but still cost the studio millions overall.
$300 Million
The last movie tied for 10th on this list, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the first of the new Star Wars trilogy movies to be mentioned. Grossing an impressive $620 million at the domestic box office, this addition to the canon had a lot to offer general audiences. As it is still the lowest budget out of the three, the visual effects in the movie are still extremely entertaining and exciting to behold. As the best Star Wars movie to come out of the new trilogy, The Last Jedi showcases that having the biggest budget isn't everything.
$325 Million
The first of the big-time ensemble cast Marvel movies on this list, Avengers: Infinity War was and continues to be a smashing success in the new era of superhero movies. While the market is definitely over-saturated and overdone, this particular sequel will likely go down in history as one of the best, most action-packed superhero movies of all time. Raking in almost double its budget from its gross domestic box office earnings, the cost and the effort was most certainly worth it.
$340 Million
In the 10th installment of this absolutely over-the-top film franchise, Fast X carries on the 22-year tradition with glorious, shameless gusto. Undoubtedly boosted by its international following after all these years, the film barely surpasses its giant budget, only earning $146 million domestically. Despite this, Fast X is part of a super film franchise chock-full of recognizable names and faces that has shown zero signs of slowing. Who knows how many more Fast and Furious films there will be seeing as it's one of the longest running movie franchises.
$350 Million
The highly-anticipated sequel to the visual masterpiece that preceded it, Avatar: The Way of Water is surprisingly low on this list due to the amount of special effects and CGI it required. With James Cameron’s revolutionary camera technology developed by him and his company, this is the first of many sequels to come that will break budget and box office records for years to come. As it stands, Avatar is third highest grossing movie of all time.
$356 Million
One of the most impressive cost/income spreads on this list is Avengers: Endgame: the incredibly successful final installment to the Avengers ensemble cast films. Due to the rippling success from Avengers: Infinity War, the Avengers’ creative team for this film had few financial concerns. Showing returns of $858 million in domestic box offices, any and every cost for this film was well worth it.
$365 Million
Higher on this list than one might expect: Avengers: Age of Ultron places with the highest budget of all the Avengers ensemble films. Though it was not as successful as the following two installments, the cost of CGI and added visual effects can be clearly seen in the third act of the film.
- THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIE EVER PRODUCED. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides • Best Scenes. On Stranger Tides is the most expensive film ever made?
- LIsT OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIES. Avengers: Age of Ultron. Avengers: Age of Ultron • Behind the Scenes. There’s some dispute as to the true cost of Age of Ultron.
- WHAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIE EVER MADE (2022) Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame • Making the Final Battle. Avengers: Endgame cost $350 million to make.
- DETERMINING THE MOST EXPENSIVE FILM EVER MADE. Avengers: Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War • Action. It was the most ambitious crossover of all time. Signing all of those big-name stars, who at that point had starred in several money-making blockbusters, couldn’t have been cheap.
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) – $356M. Avengers 4. PG-13. Superhero. Action. Adventure. Sci-Fi. Release Date. April 24, 2019. Director. Anthony Russo. Cast. Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Evans , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Hemsworth , Scarlett Johansson , Jeremy Renner.
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – $350M. Avatar: The Way of Water. PG-13. Action. Adventure. Fantasy. Sci-Fi. This Avatar sequel will further explore the relationship between the Na'vi and the humans that have interrupted their peaceful existence.
- Fast X (2023) – $340M. Fast & Furious 10. Action. Adventure. Crime. Drama. Thriller. Release Date. May 19, 2023. Director. Justin Lin. Cast. Vin Diesel , John West Jr.
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – $325M. infinity war. PG-13. Superhero. Action. Adventure. Fantasy. Sci-Fi 3D Release Date. April 25, 2018. Director. Anthony Russo , Anthony Russo.
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