![]() The Soviet War and Peace, released in four parts across 19, is sometimes cited as the most expensive production ever: Soviet claims stating it cost $100 million (estimated at nearly $700 million accounting for inflation forty years after its release) were circulated in the American press during its showing there. Charts adjusted for inflation are usually ordered differently, because they are dependent on the inflation measure used and the original budget estimate. The productions listed here have their nominal budgets adjusted for inflation using the United States Consumer Price Index taking the year of release. ![]() Most expensive films (adjusted for inflation) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2 Most expensive back-to-back film productions Rank The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ![]() Due to the effects of inflation, all of the films on the chart have been produced in the 21st century. Only productions with a net budget of over $200 million in nominal U.S. Most expensive productions (unadjusted for inflation) ![]() Where budget estimates conflict, the productions are charted by lower-bound estimates. The charts are ordered by budgets that have been independently audited or officially acknowledged by the production companies where they are known most companies will not give a statement on the actual production costs, so often only estimates by professional researchers and movie industry writers are available. advertisements, commercials, posters, etc.) and after accounting for tax subsidies. Listed below is the net negative cost: the costs of the actual filming, not including promotional costs (i.e. This list contains only films already released to the general public and not films that are still in production or post-production, as costs can change during the production process. Since then it has become normal for a tent-pole feature from a major film studio to cost over $100 million and an increasing number of films are costing $200 million or more. The 1990s saw two thresholds crossed, with True Lies costing $100 million in 1994 and Titanic costing $200 million in 1997, both directed by James Cameron. Television had an impact on rising costs in the 1950s and early 1960s as cinema competed with it for audiences, culminating in 1963 with Cleopatra despite being the highest earning film of the year, Cleopatra did not earn back its costs on its original release. Costs rose steadily during the silent era with Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) setting a record that lasted well into the sound era. Inflation, filming techniques and external market forces affect the economics of film production. Star Wars: The Force Awakens officially holds the record with a net budget of $447 million (although it is possible that Avatar: The Way of Water costs more if its price tag is towards the upper-end of its reported $350–460 million production costs), while The Hobbit trilogy stands as the most expensive back-to-back film production, with combined costs of $623 million after tax credits. Ben-Hur (1925) was the most expensive film of the silent era, possibly holding the record for over twenty years.ĭue to the secretive nature of Hollywood accounting, it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made.
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