The 50 Most Expensive Movies Ever Made
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The 50 Most Expensive Movies Ever Made
Making a successful movie is no easy task. Though audiences and critics laude films with elaborate visual effects, stunning views and star-studded casts, all of those elements cost millions of dollars.
And movies are only getting more expensive. Back in 1991, "Terminator 2" garnered buzz by becoming the most expensive film ever produced, costing $178 million (inflation-adjusted). The following installment in 2003, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," cost over $250 million to produce (inflation-adjusted) — and it doesn't even crack the current top 10 most expensive films.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTUsing data from IMDb, PrettyFamous ranked the most costly movies ever made by their estimated inflation-adjusted budgets. The entertainment data site, part of the Graphiq network, used IMDb's estimated production budgets and then used Consumer Price Index data to adjust the values for inflation. PrettyFamous ranked the movies by estimated budget and used profit values to break ties.
#50. Van Helsing
(2004)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $201,699,947
Loss: $51,111,947
#49. Monsters University
(2013)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $204,442,880
Profit: $69,993,120
#48. Iron Man 3
(2013)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $204,442,880
Profit: $211,647,120
#47. Armageddon
(1998)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $204,530,552
Profit: $88,554,448
#46. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(2008)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $204,615,913
Profit: $144,342,087
#45. The Dark Knight
(2008)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $204,615,913
Profit: $384,142,087
#44. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
(2011)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $206,437,034
Profit: $164,814,966
#43. The Golden Compass
(2007)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $206,729,751
Loss: $126,605,351
#42. The Polar Express
(2004)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $208,003,070
Profit: $23,919,930
#41. Transformers: Age of Extinction
(2014)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $211,238,341
Profit: $34,463,659
#40. Green Lantern
(2011)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $211,730,291
Loss: $88,885,291
#39. Cars 2
(2011)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $211,730,291
Loss: $10,014,291
#38. Battleship
(2012)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $216,772,163
Loss: $149,496,763
#37. Toy Story 3
(2010)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $218,413,619
Profit: $232,645,381
#36. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(2005)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $219,476,498
Profit: $134,518,502
#35. The Lone Ranger
(2013)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $219,776,096
Loss: $128,936,496
#34. Oz the Great and Powerful
(2013)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $219,776,096
Profit: $19,203,904
#33. Troy
(2004)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $220,609,317
Loss: $53,456,317
#32. Quantum of Solace
(2008)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $221,206,393
Loss: $35,870,393
#31. Terminator Salvation
(2009)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $221,996,206
Loss: $83,554,206
#30. 2012
(2009)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $221,996,206
Loss: $38,491,206
#29. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(2009)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $221,996,206
Profit: $222,179,794
#28. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $229,998,240
Profit: $32,840,760
#27. Man of Steel
(2013)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $229,998,240
Profit: $66,073,760
#26. Men in Black 3
(2012)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $233,367,161
Loss: $48,571,161
#25. The Amazing Spider-Man
(2012)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $238,553,098
Profit: $31,929,902
#24. Cleopatra
(1963)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $242,139,777
Profit: $207,276,223
#23. Wild Wild West
(1999)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $242,991,837
Loss: $81,095,837
#22. Spectre
(2015)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $246,152,554
Loss: $46,078,554
#21. Superman Returns
(2006)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $246,872,956
Loss: $11,671,956
#20. X-Men: The Last Stand
(2006)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $248,054,167
Profit: $27,458,833
#19. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
(2008)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $248,857,192
Loss: $92,972,192
#18. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $250,000,000
Profit: $61,330,000
#17. Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $251,176,076
Profit: $207,823,924
#16. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $251,474,216
Profit: $3,929,784
#15. Spider-Man 2
(2004)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $252,124,934
Profit: $216,327,066
#14. King Kong
(2005)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $252,397,972
Profit: $12,211,028
#13. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
(2003)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $258,839,130
Loss: $65,181,130
#12. The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $259,296,846
Profit: $203,289,154
#11. The Avengers
(2012)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $259,296,846
Profit: $384,088,154
#10. Avatar
(2009)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $263,065,504
Profit: $577,068,496
#9. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
(2011)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $264,662,864
Loss: $10,673,864
#8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2006)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $265,772,321
Profit: $231,823,679
#7. Waterworld
(1995)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $273,445,538
Loss: $136,261,538
#6. John Carter
(2012)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $273,506,313
Loss: $198,091,013
#5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2009)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $277,495,257
Profit: $56,077,743
#4. Tangled
(2010)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $283,937,704
Loss: $65,684,704
#3. Spider-Man 3
(2007)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $296,312,643
Profit: $88,432,357
#2. Titanic
(1997)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $296,737,695
Profit: $675,778,305
#1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2007)
Inflation-adjusted budget: $344,549,585
Profit: $9,183,415
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15 of The Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time
15.
Glory Road
Glory Road, released in 2006, is the true story of the 1966 Texas Western men's basketball team (now called UTEP) and their head coach Don Haskins, played by Josh Lucas.
Haskins decided to build a team based on talent and not race which causes problems for the team throughout the movie and their season.
The Miners would get to the National Championship game where they would take on Kentucky. Haskins would start and only play African American players in that game.
The game and the team are as historically significant in college basketball as any other game ever played by anyone as it started to knock down some of the barriers.
The movie won an ESPY award for Best Sports Movie.
14.
The 1992 movie stars Tom Hanks as the manger of a women's baseball team in a women's baseball league during World War II.
The movie feature many memorable lines but the most memorable one and most often repeated is "there's no crying in baseball."
13.
The movie was released in 1988 and stars Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon. Costner plays the character of "Crash" Davis, a veteran catcher brought in to teach rookie pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh, played by Tim Robbins, about the game and the preparation needed.
12.
The Longest Yard (The Original one)
Released in 1974, The Longest yard, starring Burt Reynolds, as an evil prison warden who pits the guards against the inmates in a football game.
The movie includes Green Bay Packers linebacker Ray Nitschke as well as other former football players.
11.
Seabiscuit, released in 2003, is the story o the legendary race horse who became a triple crown winner after a inauspicious start to his career.
During the time of the great depression, the horse served as a symbol of hope to many Americans.
10
Released in 1984, The Natural starring Robert Redford is about a baseball phenom Roy Hobbs who is shot in the abdomen on the way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs.
Hobbs then returns to baseball after 16 years and becomes a star, though not without others being angry.
9.
Released in 1996, Happy Gilmore stars Adam Sandler and is the story of a hockey player turned golfer, however he is not your average golfer.
The hilarious film features a fight with Bob Barker, a tee shot with a running start that just about everyone at any driving range across the country tries and much more that will keep you laughing and cheering.
8
Remember the Titans, released in 2000 and starring Denzel Washington is based on a true story of the integration of a high school football team in Virginia set in 1971.
The players battle adversity on their way to becoming a real, close knit football team despite the color of their skin.
You will be inspired.
7.
Hoosiers, released in 1986, is the story of redemption of a coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) who has a questionable past but is given a second chance by a small town Indiana high school basketball team.
The story is based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship.
Hoosiers was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry but he Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
6.
Major League starring Charlie Sheen is the story of the Cleveland Indians and new owner Rachel Phelps who gets a good deal to move the team to Miami. However, before moving the team, she needs to get out of the lease with the city of Cleveland, which means ticket sales have to be really bad.
So she goes on to bring in some of the worst baseball players that are available in order for the team to lose. However, her evil tactics bring the team together and turn them into potential winners.
5.
The film stars Kevin Costner who plays an Iowa farmer working in his corn field when he hears a mysterious voice saying "If you build it, he will come."
After a journey to figure out what exactly needs to be built, Costner's character Ray destroys all his crops to build a baseball field. Shortly after it's build, baseball players, including "Shoeless" Joe Jackson begin emerging from the crops to play baseball.
Field of Dreams was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
4.
Released in 1977, Slap Shot is one of the funniest sports movies that you will ever see while acknowledging the craziness of old time hockey.
The movie is the story of a minor league hockey team, led by the Hanson Brothers and coached by Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) who resorts to violent play in order to gain popularity.
3.
Released in 1993, Rudy is the story of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger who dreamed of playing football at the University of Notre Dame but had significant obstacles, namely grades and money to go to the school.
After attending Holy Cross College to improve his grades, Rudy gets into Notre Dame in the final semester of his transfer eligibility.
The battle would then become to get on the field for the Irish.
The movie was the first that Notre Dame administration allowed to be shot on campus since the Knute Rockne, All American in 1940.
2.
Rocky, released in 1976, starring Sylvester Stallone tells the story of a young boxer who goes from rags to riches by starting out as a small time club fighter before going on to get a shot at the world heavyweight championship.
In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or anesthetically significant."
The film was made on a budget of a little over $1 million and it was shot in 28 days while turning Sylvester Stallone into a superstar.
1.
Released in 2004, "Miracle" starring Kurt Russell is the story of the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey team that won a gold medal after defeating the Soviet Union in a game known as "The Miracle on Ice."
The movie shows the drama and the hard work that led to a group of college kids pulling off arguably the greatest upset in sports history, defeating the Soviets, a hockey super power.
Interesting and fun facts about the movie include they did not have Al Michaels redo his famous call "DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?... YES" Instead they used the actual call of the game and made sure the hockey matched up.
Another interesting fact is they did not cast actors and teach them to play hockey. They cast hockey players and taught them to act.
