- If you're anything like me, you love to watch movies. But, if you're also anything like me, before I did the research for this video, you have no idea just how
expensive some of them are. Here are the 10 most
expensive films ever made. Number 10 is Cleopatra. The historic American-made
movie, Cleopatra, which premiered on June 12th, 1963, was quite a spectacle for its time, since it was the most
expensive movie project anyone had ever worked on or even seen. It cost thirty-one point
one million dollars to make, which, if made in 2017,
and was adjusted for today's inflation, would come to around two hundred and forty-eight
point five million. The production put 20th Century Fox in a state of near bankruptcy, when it ended up spending
twenty-nine million dollars more than it expected to. The film featured a star-studded cast, with a young Elizabeth
Taylor as Cleopatra the 7th, and other famous names of the era, such as Sir Rex Harrison
and Richard Burton. Taylor was paid a record-breaking
one million dollars, and due to large delays in shooting, it became a seven million dollar payday, which is close to fifty-six
million by today's rates. Luckily, the movie did gross fifty-seven point eight
million at the box office which would be like earning around four hundred and sixty-two
million dollars today. That's all it takes to get that much more of a payday, seven times the earnings? Man, if I was on cast, I would just be secretly breaking cameras and stuff and be like, "oops, it's delayed again. Another million, bring it on." Number nine is Waterworld. The Kevin Costner, post-apocalyptic epic, Waterworld, premiered
on July 28th, 1995, with an estimated production budget of one-hundred and seventy-two
million dollars, which, adjusted for today's
inflation, would be more like two hundred and seventy-six
million dollars. At the time, it was the most expensive film ever made and it was very nearly a financial disaster
for Universal Studios, earning only eighty-eight million dollars at the North American box office. Waterworld actually proved to be more of a success in the foreign market than the domestic, earning one hundred and seventy-six million, bringing its worldwide total to two hundred and sixty-four million dollars or four hundred and twenty-four million by today's standards. The film's total expenses
came in at around seventy-five million dollars over budget, due to huge water enclosure sets being destroyed by a hurricane and Costner, who was also producing, calling for complete re-dos of the film's soundtrack. Sounds like a film maker's nightmare, but hey, at least it's a classic by today's standards, right? (laughs) Nobody makes fun of that movie. (clears throat) Number eight is John Carter. If you don't remember the movie, John Carter, the 2012 movie, starring Taylor Kitsch and Willem Dafoe, it's mostly because it was
one of the most expensive box office fails of all time for Disney. With marketing and production costs of three hundred and fifty million dollars, John Carter had some big spending recovery to undertake at the box office. When the film opened on March 9th, 2012, it received, uh let's
just say, mixed reviews, due to the story and plot issues. And from there, it only went on to earn seventy-three million
dollars in North America. Overseas, the film recouped
more of its losses, by earning two hundred and
eleven million dollars, bringing the worldwide total to two hundred and eighty-four million and leaving a loss of
still sixty-six million. The film's losses resulted
in the resignation of the chairman of Walt
Disney Studios, Rich Ross. Not to be confused with Rick Ross, huh. John Carter was supposed
to be the first movie of a trilogy, which was of course canceled because of the high cost
and very low return. Sometimes Disney's movie magic ends up becoming a magical movie failure. [imitating Mickey Mouse] Ho-ho,
who's paying for this one? Someone's gonna die. Huh-ha. Number seven is Harry Potter
and the Half-Blood Prince. Accio one point eight billion galleons! (clears throat) If you're a Harry Potter fan, it may interest you to know that the sixth entry in the Harry Potter movie franchise, the Half-Blood Prince, came at an extreme cost
to the production company. So extreme, in fact, that it became the most expensive Harry
Potter film in the series, and the seventh most
expensive film of all time. When Half-Blood Prince was released on July 15th, 2009, its budget topped two hundred and seventy-five
million dollars, a figure that's one
hundred million dollars more than its predecessors, and equal to the total of the final entries of Deathly Hallows, Part
one and two combined. Part of this extra expense
was due to the actors, who had been with the
series from the start, having their contracts renegotiated, including lead actor, Daniel Radcliffe, who earned between fourteen million and twenty million
dollars, just for his role. But the film ended up making over nine hundred and
thirty-four million dollars worldwide at the box office, making it a stupidly ridiculous success. That's a whole lot of monies, Crappio my Pants-o. I'm sure that's a spell. Number six is Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World's End. Since 2003, the Pirates
of the Caribbean franchise has been a giant money magnet
for Walt Disney Studios and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. It's also been a giant sinkhole for money, taking hundreds of millions of dollars in order to secure the acting talent, impressive CGI effects and fantastical and exotic sets. The third film in the
series, which premiered on May 25th, 2007, set a brand new high for movie spending with a whopping three hundred million dollar price tag. Lead actor, Johnny Depp, who plays the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow, was paid around sixty-five million dollars for his role in what was originally to be the last Pirates movie. Add that to the paychecks for stars like Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom and you already have one-third
of the movie budget spent. Fortunately for Disney, the movie grossed three hundred and nine million dollars in North America alone, with six hundred and fifty-four million dollars overseas, for a total of over nine hundred sixty-three million dollars. [Pirate Accent] You don't actually think Johnny Depp was working for free, did ya? (pirate laugh) No. Number five is Avengers: Age of Ultron. Typically, superhero
movies cost a pretty penny to film for the big screen, but when you invite all the most popular Marvel heroes into the same film, it can cost, uh, an arm and a leg, or maybe
just all of your limbs. Avengers: Age of Ultron
premiered on May 1st, 2015, and cost three hundred and
sixteen million dollars for all of the stars, sets, and over three thousand CGI shots
and production talent that came together for one of the biggest superhero movies of all time. Robert Downey Jr. alone earned forty million dollars as Iron Man, followed by Scarlett Johansen, who got twenty million as Black Widow, while the other actors who played Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, and
Captain America earned a total of twenty one point
two million dollars together. The film, which was written
and directed by Joss Whedon, was received favorably by
critics and earned a whopping one point four billion dollars
worldwide at the box office, making it the seventh highest
grossing film of all time. Avengers, Assemble, to the bank. Let's go. Number four is Tangled. Disney's computer animated
take on Rapunsel, Tangled, released on November 24th,
2010, had a production budget of two hundred and
eighty-one million dollars and became the fifth most
expensive movie ever made. Rapunsel was the first
official Disney princess to be fully rendered in 3-D
and much of the film's cost went into developing the
computer graphic engines specifically tailored
to the film's aesthetic. The digital artists worked
to blend the artistic painted style of 2-D animation with the motion and depth of 3-D, opting to go for a moving, painted world
look, rather than the photo-realistic Disney princess movie. One of the biggest and
most expensive issues that plagued the animators was with the creation of realistic hair physics, a process that took six years to solve, but the switch to 3-D proved to be a success and Tangled racked in two hundred point eight million
dollars in North America, and three hundred and ninety
point nine million worldwide, for a total of over five
hundred and ninety-one million. Oh my god! I'm gonna make a movie about hair. (record scratches) Not my own, obviously. Number 3 is Spider-Man 3. Spider-Man 3, the last Spider-Man film in director Sam Raimi's trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire,
Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco premiered on May 4th, 2007. Writer and director Raimi decided to exit the Spider-Man movie
franchise with a bang, or at least the third most expensive movie production budget of all time, spending two hundred and
ninety-three million dollars. The budget, when adjusted
for inflation in 2017, comes to three hundred and
four point two million dollars, virtually tying it with the expenses used in creating the Titanic. Lead actor, Tobey Maguire,
agreed to reprise his role as Peter Parker for a cool
fifteen million dollars, following the success of the
first two films in the trilogy. The giant spend for the Marvel
hero blockbuster paid off, with a worldwide box
office gross of just under eight hundred and
ninety-one million dollars, making it the highest
grossest Spider-Man movie of all time, unless the reboot, Spider-Man Homecoming, somehow
manages to dethrone it. See, look? I can be upside-down too. Fifteen million dollars, please. It's just that easy. Number two is the Titanic. This famous history epic by James Cameron was, and is still, one of the most well-known movies of all time and one of the most expensive too. Premiering on December
19th, 1997, Titanic, starring Leonardo
DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was the most expensive
film ever made at the time. The overall production cost hit two hundred million dollars,
which would be equal to just under three hundred
and five million dollars by today's inflation. Cameron actually
contracted the company that built the original Titanic, to help him build a scale replica that was more film-worthy than it was sea-worthy. Entire rooms, complete with
intricate decoration and props, were all created from scratch
at an incredible cost. Though 20th Century Fox
was worried about the cost, and over three hour runtime of the film, Titanic became a massive
box office hit, making over six hundred million dollars
in North America alone, and one point two billion
dollars worldwide, bringing the worldwide total
to one point eight billion. Okay, that's all well and good, but can we just state the
obvious really quick? What did they do with the ship when the movie was done filming? I mean, you've got a
gigantic, Titanic replica. It's just, it seems like a waste. What'd they do, just let it sink? Tear it apart? I'm very confused. And number one, Pirates of the
Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Since the third Pirates movie wasn't mind-blowingly expensive enough for Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer productions, they decided to double down
on their box office gamble and spend four hundred
and three million dollars for the fourth installment. In Pirates of the Caribbean:
On Stranger Tides, actor, Johnny Depp, was called upon again to reprise his crowd-pleasing role of Captain Jack Sparrow, for
this time, brace yourself, fifty-five point five million dollars, while regular supporting
characters were set aside and replaced by new characters. Stranger Tides extravagant production and marketing budget actually did pay off, drawing in a worldwide box office total of over one billion,
forty-six million dollars. The film's crazy budget incorporated over one thousand, one hundred shots of computer-generated imagery, 3-D cameras, exotic destination filming, and a soundtrack done by Hans Zimmer. It's considered to be one of the most expensive films of all time so far, and despite mixed reviews,
it profited hugely. And that's it for this episode. I really hope you guys enjoyed it and, as always, on the right you'll find two of my most recent videos that you can press or click on your screen right now if you wanna watch some more. And other than that, I hope you guys have a great day and I'll see you in the next episode. Bye! (makes noise)
