Most expensive films ever

Due to the secretive nature of Hollywood accounting  it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made.

We gripe about the cost to go see a movie, which is now just over $8 nationwide (not counting 3-D movies). But, the average cost to make a movie is over $65 million, as of 2007, which makes a $10 or $11 ticket pale in comparison.

While $65 million seems like a lot to most of us, it is nowhere near the cost of the most expensive movies. Check out the film budgets of some of the  most expensive films ever made.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

 

Just when he's needed most, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), that witty and wily charmer of a pirate, is trapped on a sea of sand in Davy Jones' Locker. In an increasingly shaky alliance, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) begin a desperate quest to find and rescue him. Captain Jack's the last of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court who must come together united in one last stand to preserve the freedom-loving pirates' way of life. From exotic Singapore to World's End and beyond, from Shipwreck Island to a titanic battle, this adventure's filled with over-the-edge action, irreverent humor and seafaring myth and magic. Everything has led to this twisting, turning, wild swashbuckling ride in this final chapter of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN trilogy.

It’s amazing that a movie franchise based on an amusement park ride would cost so much. But, the third installment in the popular Pirates series bears the honor of having the highest movie budget, ever.

It’s production budget was $300 million dollars, nearly five times the average cost to make a movie.

Spiderman 3

The third installment in the first Spiderman trilogy was the biggest disappointment for fans, but also the one with the highest movie budget. The final film had a budget of $258 million.

Although it didn’t do well with the critics, the film did manage to gross nearly $900 million at the box office.

 "We have to prepare these sequences before the script is completely written, so sometimes these sequences have to be developed and the script gets written. We know basically what?s going to happen in the story and these events have to take place. The storyboarding of that sequence and the conceptualizing and the conversations with Sony Imageworks probably was our first conversation about the visual effects of the movie. That shot was delivered two weeks ago yesterday. The very last shot in the movie. So that?s how long. That shoot took almost three years to create."

                                   Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

This film, the sixth from the popular Harry Potter series, had a budget of $250 million, like John Carter.

Unlike John Carter, it ended up grossing more than $900 million at the box office.

 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 film based on the 6 novel by J.K.Rowling  It is the sixth film in the Harry Potter film series. Filming began on September 24,2007  The film was released in the UK, Canada and US on July 15, 2009 in regular theatres, and an IMAX 3-D release on July 29, 2009.  Unlike the previous film, the sixth film was released in regular theatres on July 15 and IMAX 3-D on July 29 because of the IMAX release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The film was chosen to be screened at the Royal Film Performance on November 17, 2008, but due to the date of release pushed back, it was not shown. On January 2, 2009, the film received a PG rating in the USA. On July 7, 2009, at the world film premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in London, the cast and crew all wore white ribbons in memory and tribute of 18-year-old British actor and co-star Robert Knox.

                                                    Avatar

 

The movie Avatar was a game-changer. It was also one of the most expensive movies made, with a budget of $237 million at the time it was made. 

Avatar broke records by grossing more than $2 billion worldwide.

 

The Amazing Spiderman

 Its budget was $230 million in 2012 dollars and it ended up grossing more than $750 million.

 Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.

 

Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian 

The second film installment of the beloved Narnia series also had a pretty hefty budget – $225 million. The film brought in a decent, but not jaw dropping, amount at the box office – $420 million.

 The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.

Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest

 

The second Pirates movie had a more modest budget than the third, but not by much. Its budget was $225 million. It ended up grossing more than the third film, bringing in more than $1 billion worldwide.

 Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

 

  The Avengers

A movie about a team of superheroes, The Avengers had what could be considered a modest budget of just $220 million, especially when compared to other action movies.

While it has the lowest budget of the top 10 most expensive movies, it earned more than almost all of them (except Avatar), bringing in $1.5 billion at the box office.

 Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.