Entertainment: A True Matter of Money
I was very excited to go see a movie at the theater the other day for the first time in a very long time. The movie (Sherlock Holmes) was awesome and I had a blast, but I couldn’t help focusing on the production of the movie itself as I was watching. It never ceases to amaze me how realistic and high-tech the movies of our generation have become, with computer-generated characters, realistic fights and injury, and vastly complicated settings. Do you ever wonder how much it actually costs to produce these elaborate modern films? I most definitely do! I did some research on which recent films have proven the most expensive to create, and was somewhat surprised at what I discovered. Bet you won’t expect this!
(Most expensive to less expensive):
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End- $300 Million
- Tangled- $260 Million
- Spiderman 3- $258 Million
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince- $250 Million
- Avatar- $237 Million
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest- $225 Million
- X-Men: The Last Stand- $210 Million
- Superman Returns- $209 Million
- King Kong- $207 Million
So…regardless of which film it is that takes the cost “cake,” it appears that each and every one was still immensely expensive to make! Yikes.
