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Most expensive films (adjusted for inflation)

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6.9

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Budget: $336m

Gross: $396m

johanlefourbe's rating:

414

6.7

6.8

2. Cleopatra (1963)

Budget: $330–340m

Gross: $526m (Contrary to the usual beliefs and rumors, it wasn't such a disaster and it did make some benefits)

johanlefourbe's rating:

7744

7.6

3. Titanic (1997)

Budget: $290m

Gross: $1,004m

johanlefourbe's rating:

4304

6.3

4. Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Budget: $289m

Gross: $382m

johanlefourbe's rating:

1633

7.8

5. Tangled (2010)

Budget: $277m

Gross: $200m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

3223

7.1

7.4

6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Budget: $271m

Gross: $316m

johanlefourbe's rating:

1529

5.5

5.9

7. Waterworld (1995)

Budget: $262m

Gross: $255m worlwide gross unadjusted, so it probably made some benefits, once again contrary to the general beliefs and rumors.

johanlefourbe's rating:

6920

7.1

7.3

8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Budget: $259m

Gross: $506m

johanlefourbe's rating:

4088

7.2

9. Avatar (2009)

Budget: $257m

Gross: $761m

johanlefourbe's rating:

587

6.4

6.6

10. John Carter (2012)

Budget: $250m

Gross: Less than $100m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

3788

6.4

7.3

11. King Kong (2005)

Budget: $246m

Gross: $218m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

5800

6.7

7.4

12. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Budget: $246m

Gross: $471m

johanlefourbe's rating:

1520

6.4

6.6

13. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Budget: $243m

Gross: $141m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

4313

6.5

6.8

14. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Budget: $242m

Gross: $280m

johanlefourbe's rating:

2542

5.9

6.2

15. Superman Returns (2006)

Budget: $241m

Gross: $200m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

2192

4.6

16. Wild Wild West (1999)

Budget: $237m

Gross: $113m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

2224

8.6

17. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Budget: $230m

Gross: It has just been released, I will add those later on. I would expect something around 550m$ and 600m$.

johanlefourbe's rating:

2125

7.9

8.3

18. The Avengers (2012)

Budget: $220m

Gross: $606m

johanlefourbe's rating:

1918

5.8

5.9

19. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Budget: $217m

Gross: $422m

johanlefourbe's rating:

1892

5.3

5.8

20. 2012 (2009)

Budget: $217m

Gross: $166m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

1648

6.2

6.7

21. Terminator: Salvation (2009)

Budget: $217m

Gross: $125m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

1794

6.3

6.7

22. Quantum of Solace (2008)

Budget: $216m

Gross: $168m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

4140

6.5

7.1

23. Troy (2004)

Budget: $215m

Gross: $133m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

2384

5.8

6.4

24. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Budget: $215m

Gross: $150m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

893

6.7

6.9

25. Men in Black 3 (2012)

Budget: $215m

Gross: $169m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

3780

6.6

6.9

26. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witc... (2005)

Budget: $214m

Gross: $353m

johanlefourbe's rating:

2591

8.1

8.5

27. Toy Story 3 (2010)

Budget: $213m

Gross: $408m

johanlefourbe's rating:

529

5.6

5.9

28. Battleship (2012)

Budget: $209m

Gross: $300m (worldwide gross unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

974

5.7

5.8

29. Green Lantern (2011)

Budget: $207m

Gross: $116m (unadjusted)

johanlefourbe's rating:

556

6.1

6.3

30. Cars 2 (2011)

Budget: $207m

Gross: $191m (unadjusted)

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Both the budget and the gross are adjusted for inflation but the gross concerns only the US domestic gross.

Source:
- Wikipedia
- Box Office Mojo

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Comments

jaytoast

Posted: 1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 14 16:56

I don't know why but I didn't know that "King Kong" was such a poor box office performer. Not the worst but still compared to Water World?

DuckNation

Posted: 1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 14 21:21

I own all off these movies besides Cleopatra there are some great i.e( Toy story, The dark knight,Avatar) movies some are ok i.e( Transformers's, 2012 , Superman returns ) but all these are MUST OWN for ALL

johanlefourbe

Posted: 1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 15 1:09

@jaytoast, it concerns the unadjusted gross for the US. For this movie, you can double it for the Worldwide gross ($547m unadjusted).

blankend

Posted: 1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 15 1:47

Also, when a movie gets released on DVD, it can add significantly to its gross, especially if it gets good word of mouth.

What about Heaven's Gate, The Deer Hunter, and Apocalypse Now?

johanlefourbe

Posted: 1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 15 2:50

@blankend. I have never heard that 'The Deer hunter' was a really expensive movie and concerning 'Heaven's gate' and 'Apocalypse now', they never came near such huge budgets

'The deer hunter': $15m (non-adjusted)
'Heaven's gate' : $44m (non-adjusted)
'Apocalypse now' : $31m (non-adjusted)

Stehako

Posted: 1 month ago at Apr 21 11:36

I still can't believe how expensive "Tangled" was. I've tried looking into it and kind find any legit reason.

johanlefourbe

Posted: 1 month ago at Apr 21 13:36

@Stehako, for your info, 'Tangled' was 6 years in development which is very long for an animated feature and they employed a unique artistic style by blending features of both computer-generated imagery (CGI) and traditional animation together, while utilizing non-photorealistic rendering to create the impression of a painting (wikipedia). Maybe that explained why it was so expansive.