10 of the most expensive films in the history of cinema
Cinema / / December 19, 2019
Layfhaker picked selection of the 10 most expensive films that the creators did not spare the money. Some of them have increased the budget for the film companies, and some have failed at the box office, despite all costs.
The Dark Knight Rises
- Fiction thriller.
- US, UK, 2012.
- Duration: 165 minutes.
- IMDb: 8,5.
- Announced budget: $ 250 million.
Completion of the epic trilogy by Christopher Nolan in which Bruce Wayne has had time to grow a beard, walk with a cane, to escape from an underground prison, once again save Gotham and find yourself. Almost a quarter of a billion spent on location filming, because we know that Nolan is not a supporter of computer graphics. As a result, global fees have exceeded $ 1 billion.
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The Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Fiction thriller.
- United States, 2015.
- Duration: 141 min.
- IMDb: 7,4.
- Announced budget: $ 250 million.
The sequel of the superhero movie Marvel, Which celebrated the Avengers team confronts kooky droid created by Tony Stark. Ruined New York, the army of armed robots and plenty of scenes on a green screen. Explain what the money was spent, it is not necessary.
Joss Whedon film has collected nearly $ 1.5 billion in worldwide box office.
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John Carter
- Fantasy.
- United States, 2012.
- Duration: 132 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,6.
- Announced budget: $ 250 million.
The picture is based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars "tells the story of a veteran of the American Civil War, which is on Mars. He must not only fight for their lives, but to save the beautiful princess.
Large-scale fantasy from Disney will forever be remembered as one of the major failures of the studio, because in the end the film earned only 284 million dollars.
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The First Avenger: Confrontation
- Fiction thriller.
- United States, 2016.
- Duration: 147 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,9.
- Announced budget: $ 250 million.
The third film of the Marvel, dedicated to Steve Rogers, which is called the conditional continuation of "The Avengers." Judge for yourself: all the main characters of the universe, except the Hulk assembly. That's only the heroes fight against each other. Conservative Tony Stark believes that superheroes need control, and Steve Rogers is sure that they must save the world at any time and do not wait for permission.
Russo Brothers film has collected more than a billion dollars and secured the success of kinovselennoy Marvel.
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The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies
- Fantasy.
- New Zealand, USA, 2014.
- Duration: 144 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,4.
- Announced budget: $ 250 million.
The finale of the new trilogy about Middle Earth, which took an expert on Tolkien, Peter Jackson universe. Thirteen dwarves and Bilbo Baggins wander through the dark lands, battling hordes of orcs, hiding from the dragon, meet elves and humans. And all for the sake of the final five armies met in the bloody battle, which spent most of the budget.
Worthy end of history, which has been able to collect 950 million dollars and beat off the budget money.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Fantasy.
- United Kingdom, United States, 2009.
- Duration: 153 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,5.
- Announced budget: $ 250 million.
A screen adaptation of the penultimate book about a boy who survived, which did not spare money, taking into account the people's love for this stories. This list is the first film that does not look like the project, which invested a quarter of a billion dollars. However, this did not prevent the picture David Yates collect weighty 934 million dollars.
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Spider-Man 3: The enemy of reflection
- Fiction thriller.
- United States, 2007.
- Duration: 139 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,2.
- Announced budget: 258 million dollars.
The third part of the story of Peter Parker with permanent director Sam Raimi has been accepted by the audience and critics pretty cool. But it had no effect on the quality of the images and scale with which the director came to the latest movie about a superhero in a red and blue tights.
Here and son flying Goblin and Sandman, Venom and even. Now, after two attempts to restart the Sony franchise, Raimi picture look like something religious and fees of the third part, which stood at around 890 million, seem quite deserved.
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Tangled
- Cartoon.
- United States, 2010.
- Duration: 100 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,8.
- Announced budget: $ 260 million.
Single and in combination is the most expensive cartoon history. The classic fairy tale with charming characters, funny animals, touching the promise and the happy ending. And what else is needed for family viewing? The audience, too, thought that this is enough, eventually cartoon collected 590 million in worldwide box office.
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Superman Returns
- Fiction thriller.
- United States, 2006.
- Duration: 169 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,1.
- Announced budget: $ 270 million
Second expensive project of this collection, which brought losses studio. The story about Superman and his confrontation with Lex Luthor did not impress either critics or audiences. Final charges picture was only 390 million, and Warner posted a loss of 180 million. That is why the continuation of a long time did not dare to shoot.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Fantasy.
- United States, 2007.
- Duration: 169 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,1.
- Announced budget: $ 300 million.
The most expensive film proved to be the third part of the "Pirates of the Caribbean", which for the past 10 years, holds the leadership. Most of the budget went to the expensive decorations, graphics and huge fees, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom.
Gore Verbinski film not only collected almost $ 950 million in worldwide box office, but also to consolidate the success of the franchise as a whole, enabling the company to develop the Disney universe further.
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The list was drawn up without taking into account inflation and marketing costs. The paintings, which came out in 2017, in the selection were not included because of it has not yet appeared official information on the budget.