The history of cinema is not only a story of a collision of the most fascinating plots, biographies of popular actors, intrigue, gossip and awards. The history of cinematography is also the history of business, capital investments, their successful return or total failures due to the non-recoupment of films.
Modern cinema is raising the bar for fiction films ever higher. Today it is quite difficult to surprise the sophisticated viewer with special effects or exotic backgrounds. For a film to stand out from the crowd, it needs an original storyline and a decent budget. However, even against the background of most modern films, which can hardly be called low-budget, those whose costs are staggering stand out, and it remains only to reflect on how much they paid for themselves.
The sum of 258 million went to the last part of the Spider-Man story. The story, copied from the pages of American comics, is still popular.
Sequels
Among such high-budget films is the X-Men project. So, the third film of the sequel "X-Men: The Last Stand", where mutants have to fight for the life and safety of all mankind, cost its creators $ 210 million. This film distinguished itself with the most expensive sets and acting work.
The creators of the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" had to fork out for $ 225 million. True, the investment easily paid off in the very first days of rental. The continuation of the adventures of the magnificent Jack Sparrow and his friends in just a couple of days returned to the piggy bank more than half of the amount spent. Four well-deserved Oscars are another confirmation of the success of the project.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is the most expensive of all parts of the sequel.
By the way, another story about Jack Sparrow, this time with a different part of the sequel, turned into Hollywood $ 300 million of the shooting budget. Pirates of the Caribbean: At the End of the Earth is an expensive film with spectacular special effects, great costumes, a captivating storyline and an inimitable Johnny Depp. In other words, the painting is worth it.
Fantasy
At the top of the list of the most expensive films is Avatar by James Cameron, and it will be extremely difficult to break his record. A budget of half a billion dollars, which is fully justified by the result obtained. Special effects created with the help of the latest computer and technical developments, shooting in the most exotic corners of the world, all this is worth the money that was invested in the picture and guarantees its excellent return on investment.
Russian films have not yet been seen in the ratings of the most expensive films. One of the most high-budget can be called "The Ninth Company" by Fyodor Bondarchuk, before this film, Nikita Mikhalkov's picture "The Siberian Barber" was in the lead with 40 million in the budget.
