From 'Tangled' to 'Titanic,' These are the Most Expensive Movies Ever Made

Avengers: Age of Ultron ($365 million)

The Avengers is the most successful movie series of all time, and Age of Ultron is the second most successful of the 4 that have been released. This movie had an insanely high starting budget, but they then pushed it close to $50 million over, due to post-production rushing from Marvel at the time. The cast and crew that worked on this movie spanned over 7 countries and 4 continents of shooting, and in addition to that, 3,000 visual effects shots were utilized in post-production. Despite its enormous, risky budget, this movie grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide, cementing it as the 5th highest-grossing movie of all time.

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The More You Know

  • Jennifer Lopez was the first actress to have a movie and an album hit number one in the same week.
  • Viggo Mortensen had no intention of working on The Lord of the Rings until his son begged him to do it.
  • The Lion King was originally known as King of the Jungle until someone at Disney finally remembered that lions don’t actually live in jungles.
  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
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