Most Expensive Productions (unadjusted For Inflation)
Only productions with a budget over a nominal value of $150 million U.S. dollars are listed here. Due to the effects of inflation, all but three of the films on the chart have been produced since the turn of the century, with Waterworld (1995) being the oldest film to be included.
Rank | Title | Year | Cost (est.) (millions) |
Refs & notes |
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1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007 | $300 | |
2 | Tangled | 2010 | $260 | |
3 | Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | $258* | |
4 | John Carter | 2012 | $250* | |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | $250 | ||
6 | Avatar | 2009 | $237* | |
7 | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | $230 | |
8 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | 2008 | $225* | |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | $225 | ||
10 | The Avengers | 2012 | $220 | |
11 | Men in Black 3 | 2012 | $215* | |
12 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 2006 | $210 | |
13 | Superman Returns | 2006 | $209* | |
Battleship | 2012 | $209* | ||
15 | King Kong | 2005 | $207 | |
16 | Titanic | 1997 | $200* | |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 2009 | $200* | ||
2012 | 2009 | $200* | ||
Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | $200 | ||
Quantum of Solace | 2008 | $200 | ||
Terminator Salvation | 2009 | $200 | ||
Toy Story 3 | 2010 | $200 | ||
Green Lantern | 2011 | $200 | ||
Cars 2 | 2011 | $200 | ||
The Amazing Spider-Man | 2012 | $200 | ||
26 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | 2011 | $195 | |
27 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | $185 | |
The Dark Knight | 2008 | $185 | ||
Brave | 2012 | $185 | ||
30 | The Golden Compass | 2007 | $180* | |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | $180 | ||
WALL-E | 2008 | $180 | ||
33 | Troy | 2004 | $175* | |
Evan Almighty | 2007 | $175 | ||
Monsters vs. Aliens | 2009 | $175 | ||
Up | 2009 | $175 | ||
A Christmas Carol | 2009 | $175 | ||
38 | Waterworld | 1995 | $172 | |
39 | Snow White & the Huntsman | 2012 | $170* | |
Wild Wild West | 1999 | $170 | ||
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | 2003 | $170 | ||
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | 2009 | $170 | ||
Iron Man 2 | 2010 | $170 | ||
Tron: Legacy | 2010 | $170 | ||
45 | How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | $165 | |
Wreck-It Ralph | 2012 | $165 | ||
47 | Cowboys & Aliens | 2011 | $163* | |
48 | Sahara | 2005 | $160* | |
Van Helsing | 2004 | $160 | ||
Poseidon | 2006 | $160 | ||
Shrek the Third | 2007 | $160 | ||
Inception | 2010 | $160 | ||
53 | Robin Hood | 2010 | $155* | |
Alexander | 2004 | $155 |
Rank | Titles | Year(s) | Cost (est.) (millions) |
Refs & notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
2006–07 | $450 | |
2 | The Lord of the Rings film trilogy | 2001–03 | $260* | |
3 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 & Part 2 | 2010–11 | $250 | |
4 | The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions |
2003 | $237 |
* Officially acknowledged figure.
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