The most expensive movies ever filmed and how much money they made
lovemoney staff
10 March 2023
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20th Century Fox
John Carter (2012) – cost: $263.7 million (£170.2m); profit: $20.4 million (£13.2m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Lone Ranger (2013) – cost: $225 million+ (£139.2m+); profit: $35.5 million (£22m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) – cost: $275 million (£203.4m); profit: $117.9 million (£87.2m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Superman Returns (2006) – cost: $270 million (£156.8m); profit: $121 million (£70.3m)
Warner Bros.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) – cost: $225 million (£112.1m); profit: $194.7 million (£97m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Tangled (2010) – cost: $260 million (£160.3m); profit: $332.5 million (£205m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Justice League (2017) – cost: $300 million (£243.7m); profit: $357.9 million (£290.7m)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) – cost: $239 million (£194.1m); profit: $366.4 million (£297.6m)
Paramount Pictures
Men in Black 3 (2012) – cost: $225 million+ (£145.2m+); profit: $399 million (£257.6m)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Man of Steel (2013) – cost: $225 million (£139.2m); profit: $443 million (£274m)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) – cost: $250 million (£207.3m); profit: $510.9 million (£379m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
No Time to Die (2021) – cost: $250 million (£183.2m); profit: $524 million (£383.9m)
MGM
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) – cost: $230 million (£186.8m); profit: $564.9 million (£458.8m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – cost: $533.2 million (£446.3m); profit: $566.8 million (£473m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) – cost: $250 million (£208.5m); profit: $582 million (£474.5m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Spider-Man 3 (2007) – cost: $258 million (£131.5m); profit: $591.9 million (£301.6m)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) – cost: $263 million (£177.3m); profit: $610.6 million (£411.6m)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) – cost: $378.5 million (£243.8m); profit: $621.5 million (£400.4m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Spectre (2015) – cost: $250 million (£160.4m); profit: $630 million (£404.2m)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) – cost: $300 million (£153m); profit: $661 million (£337m)
Buena Vista Pictures
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) – cost: $250 million (£171.1m); profit: $684.3 million (£468.4m)
Warner Bros. Pictures
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) – cost: $250 million (£151.3m); profit: $712.2 million (£430.5m)
Warner Bros.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) – cost: $225 million (£139.2m); profit: $734 million (£454m)
Warner Bros.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) – cost: $275 million (£214.8m); profit: $825 million (£644.5m)
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – cost: $230 million (£148.5m); profit: $870 million (£561.6m)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) – cost: $225 million (£130.7m); profit: $875 million (£508.3m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Captain America: Civil War (2016) – cost: $250 million (£168.5m); profit: $900 million (£606.7m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Fate of the Furious (2017) – cost: $250 million (£203m); profit: $950 million (£771.6m)
Universal Pictures
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) – cost: $262 million (£212.8m); profit: $1.04 billion (£840m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Beauty and the Beast (2017) – cost: $255 million (£207.1m); profit: $1.05 billion (£850m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – cost: $250 million (£160.4m); profit: $1.15 billion (£740m)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Lion King (2019) – cost: $250 million (£195.3m) profit: $1.45 billion (£1.1bn)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – cost: $325 million (£240.4m); profit: $1.7 billion (£1.3bn)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – cost: $250 million (£211.3m); profit: $2 billion (£1.7bn)
20th Century Fox
Avengers: Endgame (2019) – cost: $356 million (£278.1m); profit: $2.4 billion (£1.9bn)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Avatar (2009) – cost: $237 million (£161.2m); profit: $2.7 billion (£1.8bn)
20th Century Fox
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