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

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($300 million)

The initially planned budget for this feature cemented it as the most expensive movie of all time, even after inflation, in 2007. Since then, this movie has obviously been toppled by some dudes in tights, but at the time this was an extremely ambitious move from Disney. Fortunately, their investments paid off by the end of the production schedule when Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was by far the highest-grossing film of 2007, and it even beat the next year’s highest-grossing film. Despite its profitability, this movie was criticized for its confusing plot and lack of written direction. 

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