More expensive than Avatar 2! You will be speechless when you discover the budget of Fast and Furious

In the galaxy of blockbusters, we are hardly surprised by the budgets of productions that blow like bubbles. Astronomical budget envelopes never fall short of the $200 million threshold, which of course must be added to the job’s advertising budget.

Suffice it to say that movies frankly have a vested interest in (over)performing at the box office to guarantee a return on investment…which obviously isn’t always the case. For example, Indiana Jones 5 cost $387.2 million, including $79 million for post-production alone. Its very disappointing results cost Disney $134 million at the international box office.

More expensive than Avatar 2!

Forbes website Just revealed the production budget for the latest installment in the Fast & Furious saga, Fast X. And the figure is staggering: $453.6 million! read it right Almost half a billion dollars. We knew the franchise’s pyrotechnic effects and even more incredible stunts were expensive, but this kind of budget is absolutely stunning. In comparison, Avatar 2’s budget is estimated at $360 million to $400 million.

Logically the most expensive saga, it is even 33.4% higher than the original budget that was announced at the time. varietyAnd which was already 340 million dollars.

Film production budgets are always jealously guarded by the majors. Most often, these are estimates. Budget for Fast

Fast X grossed $704.9 million at the international box office. A nice amount but not enough to cover such huge expenses as 50% of this amount goes into the pocket of the cinema operators…

Suffice it to say, we are already looking forward to discovering the budget for Opus 11, still signed by Louis Leterrier, expected in April 2025, without any possible delays. I’m still not convinced that Universal will do the budget drift again and not try to tighten the screw…