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

King Kong ($207 million)

King Kong tipped the scales of what could be considered a worthwhile, high-budget movie in 2005, With an initial plan to stay under the $150 million mark, production costs of King Kong skyrocketed when sudden inflation started to spike in the rental industry due to strikes. One extremely stressful production session and $57 million later, King Kong finally became a movie. 

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The More You Know

  • The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
  • For 'Deadpool' (2016) Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it.
  • Peter Ostrum, Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never acted in another movie after that and is now a veterinarian.
  • Disney wanted Robert De Niro as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he declined the role because he thought the movie was going to bomb.
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