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The 14 High Budget Movies in the World (Update: November 2023)

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Entertainment is one such thing that helps people overcome their worst days or celebrate their happy moments. And movies are one of the most preferred mediums of entertainment for such incidents. Since the inception of the first ever made black and white full-length movie till today’s technology-supported ultra-modern ones, the journey of the movie is an amazing and inspirational one.

With the evolution of the film industry, there came much diversification and the movies got different genres, depicting different types of stories, some inspirational, some adventurous, some exploring some science aspects that people would only imagine. And thus, movies became not only a mere source of entertainment but also a strong economic pillar of a nation.

The List of the Highest Budget Movies

List of the Highest Budget Movie

Now, movie makers do not hesitate to put a lot into a movie, as there are a vast number of movie watchers and the success of the movie would eventually return them with more profit. Hence, high budget movies made a separate place in the film industry, and the number of the most expensive movie ever made is not just limited to one but many. Here is a list below that covers the top 14 highest budget movie in the World, so let’s dive in.

14. Spider-Man 3 (2007) [$258 million]

It is one of the famous American superhero films that was released in 2007. This movie was produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment and Laura Ziskin Productions. The movie was based on the Marvel comic character Spider-Man. It was directed by Sam Raimi and his older brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent. The star cast of this film was Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/ SSpider-Man, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rosemary Harris, and J.K. Simmons. The estimated budget of this highest-budget movie is around $258 million.

13. The Lion King (1994) [$260 million]

Timon and Pumba

Lion King is counted in the list of the highest-budget movies in the world. The estimated budget of this movie is around $260 million. This movie is a 2019 American musical drama film directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. This movie is the computer-animated remake of the old movie of the same name which was released in 1994.

The whole story is based on Simba, a young lion who must embrace his role as the rightful king of his homeland following the murder of his father, Mufasa, at the hands of his uncle, Scar.

12. Tangled (2010) [$260 million]

Tangled is one of the highest-budget movies in the world. This movie is a Disney musical comedy that utilizes 3D animation. This movie is based on the German fairy tale “Rapunzel” which was published by the Brothers Grimm. The movie is directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard and produced by Roy Conil.

This story is all about the lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who always wants to leave her secluded tower and finally, she accepts the aid of a stranger to take her out into a world that she has never seen. As per the report, the estimated budget of this movie is around $260 million which makes it one of the highest-budget movies in the world.

11. Batman Vs Superman – Dawn Of Justice (2016) [$260 Million]

This 2016 superhero movie falls rightly in our high budget movies list and is positioned at 11. The movie is an adaptation of the ‘DC comic characters’, namely Batman and Superman, hence the name. The legal right of this movie lies with the Earner Bros.

The story of the film revolves around the fictional character Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman and was directed by Zack Snyder. The estimated budget of the movie was over 260 million US dollars.

However, the opening collection of the movies was not as much as its theatrical run (according to Forbes list). Nonetheless, the movie’s storytelling and characters’ growth were appealing enough to keep the viewers engaged through the running time.

10. John Carter (2012) [$264 Million]

The 10th position holder in our list is this 2012-made film John Carter that finely falls under the most expensive movie ever made category. This movie was made with nearly 264 million US dollars at that time. Unfortunately, John Carter did not earn as much as the production house, Disney expected it would and thus canceled the whole future project under the same name.

One of the main reasons behind such a huge loss is the numerous rising post-production issues and re-shooting of most of the scenes, which led the budget to get out of control. However, according to critics, it happened because Disney lacked a proper marketing strategy for this film.

John Carter belongs to the ‘sci-fi’ genre and depicts the story of a person (ex-civil war soldier) waking up on a remote planet (Mars) and how he deals with the strange things and wars in which he plays a major role.

9. Star Wars – The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) [$275 Million]

Although, Star Wars has many sequels, however, Star Wars – The Rise Of Skywalker which got released in 2019, is a high budget movies being a production cost of around 275 million US dollars. The movie was a work under the production house named Bad Robot Productions, and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has distribution rights.

It earned a profit of over 300 million US dollars, although it was considered the lowest-grossing film of the production house. Directed by J.J. Abrams, the movie falls into the ‘space opera’ genre and is the continuation of the story from the previous one.

The story reveals that Darth Vader failed to kill Palpatine, the evil-minded ruler and so the rebellers must fight and discover the whereabouts of him racing against time. Despite some criticism, the movie was successful to entertain its fans worldwide.

8. Solo – A Star Wars Story (2018) [$275 Million]

This 275 million US dollars budget live-action ‘anthology film’ was the highest budget movie in Hollywood of the year 2018. Even after its worldwide success and a gross earning of approximately 394 million US dollars, the film is considered poor income (when compared to the Last Jedi’s collection which was around 1.333 billion US dollars).

There were issues in the making of the movie as well, as the initially signed directors, Christopher Miller and Phil Lord eventually got rid of their responsibilities, and new directors were assigned. The movie here is about the young version of the guy named Han Solo, who after joining a smuggling gang meets with Chewbacca (190 years old) and thus starts unveiling the adventurous journey of the Force.

Later he meets with Lando Calrissian, owner of the vessel he is in need of, to complete the mission, ‘the Millennium Falcon’, the base plot of the movie.

7. Justice League (2017) [$300 Million]

The most expensive movie ever made in the year 2017, was Justice League with a production budget of 300 million US Dollars. But sadly enough, this film could not profit as much as the production house Warner Bros anticipated and hence throw them into a pool of waste of money.

Like many other films, Justice League too experienced a director shifting that ended up changing the whole course of the storytelling and eventually came up with a vision that is far more different that the original Synder’s vision. Many hold this as one of the prime issues behind the fall of the movie’s theatrical release.

However, the movie later got the famous ‘Synder Cut’ with strong demands from fans across the globe and at last got released in 2021 on ‘HBO Max’. This was an instant hit. The story plot of Justice League follows the effort of Bruce Wayne (Batman) for forming a new team consisting of Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg in order to fight a new enemy that has the potential of destroying the world.

6. Pirates Of The Caribbean – At World’s End (2007) [$300 Million]

In 2007, making a 300 million US dollars budget film was nothing more than a bold step as there always remains the fear of not getting success enough as anticipated. But discharging all the fears, Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End became the highest budget movie in Hollywood in 2007 that saw a gross earning of nearly 960 million US dollars.

This was the third installment of the franchise and got an immense response from fans around the globe. Being the enthralling performance of Johny Depp in his character Captain Jack Sparrow as always the main attraction of the films, this part also brings the delightful performance of Keira Knightley in Elizabeth Swann’s role and Orlando Bloom in Will Turner’s role, making the movie even more engaging and interesting.

Elizabeth and Will together with Captain Barbossa free Captain Jack Sparrow from his captivating situation and meanwhile many things happen that make the journey even more dangerous and full of adventures.

5. Avengers – Infinity War (2018) [$325 Million]

Highest Budget Movie

This Hollywood movie is one of the high budget movies with an estimated production budget of 325 million US dollars. The success of this movie changed the history of film industry and boosted the root strong of superhero movies.

Marvel is known for its big-budget risk-taking characteristics and the fact is true. This 2018 Avenger – Infinity War movie has all the star cast that also played an influential factor in making the movie a hit. Its gross collection was over 2 billion US dollars, thus making it one of the most expensive movies ever made.

In this movie, Thanos makes lives worse and forms a danger in the existence of the world. So to foil his attempts and intentions of collecting all of the ‘six infinity stones’, the Avengers team must stop and defeat him.

4. Avengers – Endgame (2019) [$356 Million]

Highest Budget Movies

This highest budget movie in Hollywood is the continuation of the Avengers – Infinity War. This movie is even costlier than the previous one, as around 356 million US dollars was spent on its production cost. And the cost is justified as this movie puts an end to the story that evolves around Thamos and his evil intentions of destroying the world.

The cinematic charisma of Avengers – Endgame helped it earn over 2.796 billion US dollars (it was the worldwide collection), making it one of the most successful projects of the Marvel studios. The story starts where it left off in its previous one, being Tony Stark in space in a difficult situation with no resources for survival and so he delivers an important message to Pepper Potts. On the other hand, the rest of the Avengers team must find an effective way of eliminating Thanos.

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3. Avengers – Age Of Ultron (2015) [$365 Million]

High Budget Movie in the World

In the list of the most expensive movie ever made, there falls again the Avengers – Age of Ultron with its 365 million US dollars big budget production cost. The movie with its special effects and technological visualization support lives off the expectation of the fans and thus, as usual, made it a successful installment of the Avengers franchise helping Marvel Studio gain more profit.

This movie also sees the inclusion of the superpower character Wanda Maximoff. The plot depicts the technological war that starts when Tony Stark’s program of ‘peacekeeping dormant’ unexpectedly goes wrong and the existence of earth becomes a question. All the Avengers, therefore, come together to fight the danger and save the earth.

2. Pirates Of The Caribbean – On Stranger Tides (2011) [$379 Million]

High Budget Movies in the World

The second highest budget movie in Hollywood on our list is Pirates of the Caribbean – On Strangers Tides that got released in 2011. Considering the movie budget which was nearly 379 million US dollars and the release year, it was undoubtedly the most expensive one.

The movie was so high budget because of its engagement of numerous shooting locations as well as using of high-quality 3D cameras. The engagement of more than 9 visual effect companies is also an important reason for such a big budget.

However, all these efforts paid off as the movie was a hit and one of the highest-grossing films of 2011. Fans can experience the outstanding performance of Penelope Cruz in this installment of the franchise. The story is about the race between Barbossa, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Angelica to discover the ‘Fountain of Youth’ and the adventures that come along.

1. Avatar – The Way Of Water (2023) [$460 Million]

High Budget Movie

With an estimated 460 million US dollars of production cost, Avatar – the Way of Water tops our list of the most expensive movie ever made. This 2023 film made a special place in the film industry with such a high budget and its equal success story.

It is the sequel to James Cameron‘s super hit Avatar (2009) movie and is directed by the same. Avatar – the Way of Water belongs to the sci-fi genre and evolves around its main characters’ further journey on the distinct planet Pandora where the main lead Jack Sully goes from the earth and takes refuge.

The plot takes the viewers to 16 years where the first movie ends and expands further on how the new life form of Jack Sully must fight with the humans with the help of other Pandora habitats in order to save it.

Conclusion of The High Budget Movies

Conclusion of The High Budget Movie

That’s it, we have come to the bottom of this article and we do hope that this article came to your help in knowing about the highest budget movie in Hollywood. Often happens that people do not know how much the budget of their favorite movie is, but from here the readers will be able to know about the most expensive movie ever made.

Whenever you hang out with friends or want to spend some ‘me-time’ movie is definitely that one thing that you turn to. And it never leaves us empty-handed, movie always helps us spend our time purposefully.

There are plenty of movies now that come with a big budget, but completing the movie successfully is not a mere thing. A movie should be made in such a way that it can convey the message and meaning that the story is supposed to. Only a big budget is not a characteristic of a good, successful movie. However, the list provided here is about the high budget movies that not only reached the viewers but also served the purpose right.

Topic Summary

Here Is A Quick List Of The 14 High Budget Movies in the World.

  1. Avatar – The Way Of Water
  2. Pirates Of The Caribbean – On Stranger Tides
  3. Avengers – Age Of Ultron
  4. Avengers – Endgame
  5. Avengers – Infinity War
  6. Pirates Of The Caribbean – At World’s End
  7. Justice League
  8. Solo – A Star Wars Story
  9. Star Wars – The Rise Of Skywalker
  10. John Carter
  11. Batman Vs Superman – Dawn Of Justice
  12. Tangled
  13. The Lion King
  14. Spider-Man 3

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