For many years, Disney not only optioned the animated films as they originally did, but also did so with their original or newly acquired epics.
This led the company to become one of the industries that invest the most money in its films.
Here we present a list of the films with the highest production budgets.
“monster university”
Mike and Sulley’s college adventures hit the big screen on June 21, 2013, directed by Dan Scanlon, who had a budget of $200,000,000.
Similarly, ‘Finding Dory’ cost the same but premiered 3 years later on July 15, 2016.
‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
The saga has two of the company’s most expensive films:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, directed by Gore Verbinski and released on May 25, 2007, as the third installment, had a budget of $300,000,000.
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Sailing in Stranger Waters”, which was directed by Rob Marshall, was released on May 7, 2011. The budget, according to the “sensacine” portal, was $250,000,000.
As a curious fact, this last film was an adaptation of the novel Mysterious Tides by Tim Powers, which was published in 1988.
“John Carter”
It is based on the first novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, called “A Princess of Mars”.
The Civil War veteran hit the big screen under the direction of Andrew Staton on March 9, 2012 and launched with a budget of $250,000,000.
“The Lone Ranger”
The Native American story, starring Johnny Depp, was released on July 22, 2013, directed by Gore Verbinski and had a budget of $250,000,000.
The film had a terrible reception, earning only 60 million, according to the “europapress” portal, in 2012.
‘entangled’
Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, the adaptation of the classic Rapunzel story hit the big screen on November 26, 2010.
It was budgeted at $260,000,000, according to Forbes (2021).
The dubbing of this film was highly praised by Latinos, as was the ‘soundrack’. since Danna Paola was responsible for bringing the protagonist to life and lent her voice to the songs: “I see the light in you”, “My life begins like this”, “My ideal dream” and “When will I start living” .
‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’
The famous Star Wars saga could not be left out, and on December 15, 2017, Episode VIII hit the screens.
It was directed by Rian Johnson and had a budget of $317,000,000.
During production, as with all episodes, the actors and actresses were prohibited from speaking about the play.
That’s why Kelly Marie Tran, Rose in the movie, even lied to her parents about the job she was doing.
“Avengers: Age of Ultron”
The famous superhero epic, the work of director Joss Whedon, filled theaters on May 1, 2015 with its premiere.
The project was a huge success, grossing $1,402,000,000 against a budget of only $250,000,000.
Whedon took on the task of finding the perfect characters to deliver, he was so committed to his pursuit of them:
“Avengers: Endgame”
The sequel to the disastrous events of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ started with an abysmal budget of $356,000,000 and in the hands of the Russo brothers.
It was released in theaters on April 26, 2019, grossing $2,798,000,000.
It managed to be the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend, surpassing ‘Avatar’ (2009).
Source: univision
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