List of Most Expensive Films - Most Expensive Productions (unadjusted For Inflation)

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.

Most expensive films
Rank Title Year Cost (est.)
(millions)
Refs & notes
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
Most expensive multi-film productions
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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