Costs of the most expensive film productions worldwide 2024
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As of March 2024, the most expensive production of all time was the fourth installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series - "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", directed by Rob Marshall and starring Hollywood stars Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, and Geoffrey Rush, among others. The movie was produced by Disney Studios and cost approximately
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million U.S. dollars to make. The source added that if the budget of "Cleopatra" (1963) was adjusted for inflation, it would add up to around Log in or register to access precise data.
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million dollars in mid-2022, placing the Elizabeth Taylor-starring extravaganza closer to Disney's "Tangled" (2010).Log in or register to access precise data.
The (not so) hidden cost of a movie
A high budget suggests that the studio behind the film believes the movie will be so profitable it will far surpass its pricy costs. But the figure covers only production-related costs. The largest film production companies often invest big sums of money in marketing to promote their new releases. The advertising expense of the Walt Disney Company, for instance, grew by over
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percent in 2022, reaching Log in or register to access precise data.
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billion dollars.Log in or register to access precise data.
Go big film budget or go home
Similarly, Sony's annual advertising costs amounted to billions of dollars in the past few years. The Japanese holding runs Columbia, one of the leading studios both in the United States and worldwide. Publicizing a big-budget movie may pay off. Many of the titles in this ranking are also among the world's highest-grossing films of all time, including "Avatar" (2009), "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), and "Titanic" (1997).
