Is Jurassic World 2 the most expensive movie in history?

Will Universal Studios – have John Hammond to build his dinosaur park – “spend lavishly”?

According to an article published by the site Forbes Last May, the producers of the Jurassic World saga, on the strength of the spectacular success of their first opus ($ 1.671 billion worldwide in 2015), really allocated a colossal budget for the next two parts.

According to the information collected by ForbesJurassic World: The World After, the final feature film in the trilogy due out in 2022, would have cost $328 million to produce. The amount is well below the budget of its predecessor, Jurassic World: Fallen Kindgom, which made 516 million in 2018 (excluding marketing costs).

That titanic figure would make Juan Antonio Bayona’s feature film the second-highest-grossing film of all time, behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its $533 million haul.

Still according to the article ForbesThese figures can be revealed thanks to the administrative documents of two British firms owned by Universal. Thus, the studio, by producing its film through these local companies, enjoyed a return of up to 25% on production costs on British soil.

It was through consulting the archives of these two companies that the actual production funds allocated to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom were revealed.

If it sold slightly less than the first Jurassic World, Fallen Kingdom still brought in $1.310 billion worldwide. The amount from which it is still necessary to subtract the marketing budget and distribution costs (in addition to the production budget) to get Universal’s net profit, estimated by Forbes at 218 million.

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