Tuesday 22 November 2022 07:35 PM James Cameron reveals Avatar: The Way of Water must make $2BILLION just to ... trends now
If James Cameron's estimates are accurate and Avatar: The Way of Water needs to make $2 billion just to break even, that would make it easily the most expensive movie ever made.
More recent films have knocked historical classics that went horrendously over budget such as 1963's Cleopatra, which in today's money would have cost nearly $300 million to make.
That number pales in comparison to the $500 million used to produce and market the Avengers movies, not to mention the more than $400 million spent on flops such as John Carter and The Lone Ranger.
Here are the list of the most expensive movies ever, including production and marketing costs, the numbers are adjusted for inflation:
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - $599 million
The first Avengers sequel cost an astonishing $599 million for Disney to make on the back of an estimated $440 million plus production budget and more than $150 million marketing budget.
Despite this, the film was still a major financial success following its worldwide gross of over $1.4 billion.
2. John Carter (2012) - $547 million
John Carter was a devastating failure at the box office, bringing in a paltry $100 million or so
One of the most infamous flops of all time, Disney's John Carter, which was supposed to spawn its own franchise, cost the animation king $547 million in production and marketing.
The film was a devastating failure at the box office, bringing in a paltry $100 million or so. Plans for sequels and spinoffs were all swiftly abandoned.
3. Avengers: Endgame (2019) - $475 million
Avengers: Endgame, which surpassed Avatar, as the highest grossing film of all time when it was released in 2019, had a whopper budget of $475 in production and marketing.
It proved to be a wise investment for Disney after it brought in $2.8 billion.
4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) $466 million
Disney's 2018 Avengers sequel, Infinity War, had a mega production budget of more than $300 million on top of a marketing budget somewhere between $150 million and $170 million.
Like its brothers, the film proved to be a moneymaking juggernaut for Disney, bringing in more than $2 billion worldwide.
5. Titanic (1997) - $440 million
