Comments on: The Quick 10: The 10 Most Expensive Movies Ever

By: ravi

ravi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:37:25 +0000

i think the new movie …avatar by the titanic director will be the most expensive movie ever…what say?

By: R_oSS

R_oSS — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:19:36 +0000

Are we just counting US blockbusters,
because if not, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis would have to be around $350.000.000 (cost 7 million reich mark in 1927) and be t 2nd place.

By: Yasser

Yasser — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:16:22 +0000

Interesting that some of the most expensive ones are relatively new. And people say Hollywood is having problems because of downloads…

By: hannah

hannah — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:32:03 +0000

I liked Waterworld.

Compared with Terminator 3 and Xmen 3 it was genius.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:00:35 +0000

I think the sequels jack up the price not only because the audience is going to want bigger and better, they’ll also want more of the same. So to secure the same stars/director/screenwriter, the asking price goes up for all parties.

I think when Tobey Maguire signed on for Spider-Man 1, he also signed up for #2 at a comparatively low price. It took him faking (or over-emphasizing) a back injury to get up to an 8 digit salary and get the 9th most expensive movie ever made.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:24:36 +0000

It’s funny that such a number of these high-budget movies are sequals. Guess it tells you something about the mentality of the movie industry. :D

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:16:54 +0000

I think that the W&P on the list refers to the Russian version, which came out in 1967 and was released in the US in 1968. It’s about seven hours long and used 120,000 extras, so there’s your money.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:13:03 +0000

It would be interesting to see how much money each of those films has earned. I would bet at least a few of them haven’t lived up to the cost.

By: EMStoveken

EMStoveken — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:36:18 +0000

How much is Quantum of Solace budgeted for? Sounds weird that a Bond movie would be cracking this list.

By: Reed

Reed — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:23:04 +0000

Wasn’t War and Peace released in 1956?