Avatar had a $425 million production budget????? WOW !!! Spectre had a $300 million production budget??? Imagine these movies bombing !!! Totally rediculous numbers. [TABLE="width: 1"] <tbody>[TR] [TH="align: center"] [/TH] [TH="align: center"]Release Date[/TH] [TH="align: center"]Movie[/TH] [TH="align: center"]Production Budget[/TH] [TH="align: center"]Domestic Gross[/TH] [TH="align: center"]Worldwide Gross[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]1[/TD] [TD]12/18/2009[/TD] [TD]Avatar[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$425,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$760,507,625[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$2,783,918,982[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]2[/TD] [TD]5/24/2007[/TD] [TD]Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$300,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$309,420,425[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$963,420,425[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]3[/TD] [TD]11/6/2015[/TD] [TD]Spectre[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$300,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$0[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$80,400,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]4[/TD] [TD]7/20/2012[/TD] [TD]The Dark Knight Rises[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$275,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$448,139,099[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,084,439,099[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]5[/TD] [TD]7/2/2013[/TD] [TD]The Lone Ranger[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$275,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$89,289,910[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$259,989,910[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]6[/TD] [TD]3/9/2012[/TD] [TD]John Carter[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$275,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$73,058,679[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$282,778,100[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]7[/TD] [TD]11/24/2010[/TD] [TD]Tangled[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$260,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,821,936[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$586,581,936[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]8[/TD] [TD]5/4/2007[/TD] [TD]Spider-Man 3[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$258,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$336,530,303[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$890,875,303[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]9[/TD] [TD]5/1/2015[/TD] [TD]The Avengers: Age of Ultron[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$250,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$459,005,868[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,404,705,868[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]10[/TD] [TD]12/14/2012[/TD] [TD]The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$250,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$303,003,568[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,017,003,568[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]11[/TD] [TD]7/15/2009[/TD] [TD]Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$250,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$301,959,197[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$935,083,686[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]12[/TD] [TD]12/13/2013[/TD] [TD]The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$250,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$258,366,855[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$960,366,855[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]13[/TD] [TD]12/17/2014[/TD] [TD]The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$250,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$255,119,788[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$955,119,788[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]14[/TD] [TD]5/20/2011[/TD] [TD]Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$250,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$241,063,875[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,045,663,875[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]15[/TD] [TD]6/28/2006[/TD] [TD]Superman Returns[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$232,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,120,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$374,085,065[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]16[/TD] [TD]11/14/2008[/TD] [TD]Quantum of Solace[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$230,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$169,368,427[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$591,692,078[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]17[/TD] [TD]5/4/2012[/TD] [TD]The Avengers[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$225,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$623,279,547[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,519,479,547[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]18[/TD] [TD]7/7/2006[/TD] [TD]Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$225,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$423,315,812[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,066,215,812[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]19[/TD] [TD]6/14/2013[/TD] [TD]Man of Steel[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$225,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$291,045,518[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$667,999,518[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]20[/TD] [TD]5/16/2008[/TD] [TD]The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$225,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$141,621,490[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$417,341,288[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]21[/TD] [TD]7/3/2012[/TD] [TD]The Amazing Spider-Man[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$220,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$262,030,663[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$757,890,267[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]22[/TD] [TD]6/12/2015[/TD] [TD]Jurassic World[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$215,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$651,889,580[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,667,283,191[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]23[/TD] [TD]5/25/2012[/TD] [TD]Men in Black 3[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$215,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$179,020,854[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$654,213,485[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]24[/TD] [TD]6/24/2009[/TD] [TD]Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$210,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$402,111,870[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$836,519,699[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]25[/TD] [TD]6/27/2014[/TD] [TD]Transformers: Age of Extinction[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$210,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$245,439,076[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,104,039,076[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]26[/TD] [TD]5/26/2006[/TD] [TD]X-Men: The Last Stand[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$210,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$234,362,462[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$459,359,555[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]27[/TD] [TD]5/14/2010[/TD] [TD]Robin Hood[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$210,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$105,269,730[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$322,241,588[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]28[/TD] [TD]5/18/2012[/TD] [TD]Battleship[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$209,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$65,233,400[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$305,218,228[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]29[/TD] [TD]12/14/2005[/TD] [TD]King Kong[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$207,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$218,080,025[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$550,517,357[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]30[/TD] [TD]12/1/2007[/TD] [TD]The Golden Compass[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$205,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$70,107,728[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$367,262,558[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]31[/TD] [TD]12/19/1997[/TD] [TD]Titanic[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$658,672,302[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$2,207,615,668[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]32[/TD] [TD]6/18/2010[/TD] [TD]Toy Story 3[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$415,004,880[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,069,818,229[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]33[/TD] [TD]5/3/2013[/TD] [TD]Iron Man 3[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$408,992,272[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,215,392,272[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]34[/TD] [TD]6/30/2004[/TD] [TD]Spider-Man 2[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$373,524,485[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$783,705,001[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]35[/TD] [TD]3/5/2010[/TD] [TD]Alice in Wonderland[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$334,191,110[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,025,491,110[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]36[/TD] [TD]11/8/2012[/TD] [TD]Skyfall[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$304,360,277[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,110,526,981[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]37[/TD] [TD]6/21/2013[/TD] [TD]Monsters University[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$268,488,329[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$743,588,329[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]38[/TD] [TD]3/8/2013[/TD] [TD]Oz the Great and Powerful[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$234,770,996[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$489,570,996[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]39[/TD] [TD]5/23/2014[/TD] [TD]X-Men: Days of Future Past[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$233,921,534[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$748,121,534[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]40[/TD] [TD]5/2/2014[/TD] [TD]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$202,853,933[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$708,996,336[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]41[/TD] [TD]6/24/2011[/TD] [TD]Cars 2[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$191,450,875[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$560,155,383[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]42[/TD] [TD]12/17/2010[/TD] [TD]Tron: Legacy[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$172,062,763[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$397,562,763[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]43[/TD] [TD]11/13/2009[/TD] [TD]2012[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$166,112,167[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$788,408,539[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]44[/TD] [TD]5/21/2009[/TD] [TD]Terminator Salvation[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$125,322,469[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$365,491,792[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]45[/TD] [TD]6/17/2011[/TD] [TD]Green Lantern[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$116,601,172[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$231,201,172[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]46[/TD] [TD]5/28/2010[/TD] [TD]Prince of Persia: Sands of Time[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$90,759,676[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$314,594,597[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]47[/TD] [TD]6/24/2016[/TD] [TD]Independence Day: Resurgence[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$0[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]48[/TD] [TD]6/29/2011[/TD] [TD]Transformers: Dark of the Moon[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$195,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$352,390,543[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,123,790,543[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]49[/TD] [TD]3/1/2013[/TD] [TD]Jack the Giant Slayer[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$195,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$65,187,603[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$197,687,603[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]50[/TD] [TD]4/3/2015[/TD] [TD]Furious 7[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$190,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$351,032,910[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,516,246,709[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]51[/TD] [TD]5/15/2013[/TD] [TD]Star Trek Into Darkness[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$190,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$228,778,661[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$466,978,661[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]52[/TD] [TD]6/21/2013[/TD] [TD]World War Z[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$190,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$202,359,711[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$531,514,650[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]53[/TD] [TD]5/10/2013[/TD] [TD]The Great Gatsby[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$190,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$144,840,419[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$351,040,419[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]54[/TD] [TD]11/6/2009[/TD] [TD]Disney's A Christmas Carol[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$190,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$137,855,863[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$315,709,697[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]55[/TD] [TD]7/12/2013[/TD] [TD]Pacific Rim[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$190,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$101,802,906[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$411,002,906[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]56[/TD] [TD]5/2/2008[/TD] [TD]Iron Man[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$186,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$318,604,126[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$582,443,126[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]57[/TD] [TD]7/18/2008[/TD] [TD]The Dark Knight[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$185,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$533,345,358[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$1,002,891,358[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]58[/TD] [TD]5/22/2008[/TD] [TD]Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$185,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$317,023,851[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$786,558,145[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]59[/TD] [TD]6/22/2012[/TD] [TD]Brave[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$185,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$237,282,182[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$554,606,532[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: data, align: right"]60[/TD] [TD]12/9/2005[/TD] [TD]The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$180,000,000[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$291,710,957[/TD] [TD="class: data, align: right"]$720,539,572[/TD] [/TR] </tbody>[/TABLE] http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/budgets/all
That's what I thought. I thought these animation movies were relatively cheap compared to other types of movies.
Surprised at "Tangled" myself, even though high-end animation movies are usually ridiculously expensive. Take a look at the end credits on any one of them. Takes a huge team to make one of these. Really shocked by $190 million for "The Great Gatsby".
Tangled shits over Frozen. I dont give a shit what my daugther says. BTW, this is why i would give Craig 100 million per picture to stay with Bond. If they are going to continually gross over a billion dollars, IMO it's worth it.