There's no doubt that the Hollywood movie market is billionaire and growing every year, but do you have any idea how much it costs to make a movie?
For the production of a film or series, equipment is used, studios and sets are leased, staff and cast are paid, a huge amount of money is behind the entertainment trade.
With that in mind, check out the 4 most expensive films in the history of cinema and the size of the figures that had to be disbursed to get them off the ground!
4 – Avengers: Endgame (2019) – US$ 356 million
Marvel is known for its great productions in the industry and appears in fourth place with one of the most expensive films in the history of cinema. After a year causing the disappearance of half of Earth's population, the Avengers saga has returned with a vengeance with the movie Avengers: Endgame (2019).
In practice, the feature film that enshrined the last appearance of Iron Man and Captain America in the MCU films needed US$ 356 million to produce and generated an impressive total revenue of US$ 2.797 billion.
3 – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) – US$ 362 million
In the third film of the great Pirates of the Caribbean saga, the characters Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann team up to free Jack Sparrow from the prison of Davy Jones, the cursed pirate.
Known as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), the feature cost US$ 362 million to bring the crowd's favorite drunk pirate back to the big screen. In contrast, the film's total revenue was US$ 963 million.
2 – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – US$ 386 million
Again, the Avengers franchise appears for the second time here in our list of the most expensive movies with Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
With various computerized special effects, the film tells the story of how Tony Stark nearly ended humanity by accidentally creating the evil artificial intelligence Ultron.
With a production cost of US$ 386 million and total revenue of US$ 1.405 billion, the film secured the second spot on the list.
1 – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) – US$ 422 million
In the absolute first place on our list of the 4 most expensive films of all time, Jack Sparrow and his friends are back on the scene in the fourth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) tells about the search for the Fountain of Youth and shows the protagonists' epic battles against the legendary pirate Blackbeard.
If for one thing the entire movie cost about US$ 422 million, the total revenue reached US$ 1.045 billion. Not bad, is it? 🙂
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