Tangled ($260 million)
Tangled began production as a 3D remake of Rapunzel but was quickly shifted to accommodate a more modern audience. Tangled exhibited two different styles of animation, both 3D and hand-drawn 2D adapted into one frame. Three separate studios were hired to construct this world, which drove the price of this film up significantly farther than anyone would have expected. After an unsettlingly cold release, this movie grossed $591 million, and even though it wasn’t the most successful animated movie of all time, it was by far the most expensive to produce.
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