Nine-figure budgets, before a dollar of marketing. Ranked by estimated net production cost (after tax rebates, excluding promotion), these are the priciest productions in film history, dominated by sequels, superheroes, and a galaxy far, far away.
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Nine-figure budgets, before a dollar of marketing. Ranked by estimated net production cost (after tax rebates, excluding promotion), these are the priciest productions in film history, dominated by sequels, superheroes, and a galaxy far, far away.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Disney and Lucasfilm's franchise revival holds the record at an estimated $536 million net, with reported gross costs running even higher before tax rebates.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
The Skywalker-saga finale cost an estimated $490 million net, driven up by extensive reshoots.
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
The trilogy capper carried an estimated $465 million budget, inflated by pandemic-era production protocols.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
The franchise's middle chapter was similarly costly at an estimated $465 million net.
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
The MCU's R-rated team-up is the most expensive R-rated film ever made at an estimated $429 million, and it went on to gross about $1.34 billion.
Fast X (2023)
The tenth main Fast & Furious film cost an estimated $379 million net amid significant production turmoil.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
The fourth Pirates entry long held the title of most expensive film ever made, at an estimated $379 million.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
The second Avengers film was among the priciest MCU productions at an estimated $365 million net.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
It cost an estimated $356 million, and was shot back-to-back with Infinity War for a combined budget near $1 billion, the most expensive paired production ever.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Harrison Ford's franchise sendoff cost an estimated $352 million, swollen by lengthy de-aging visual effects, and became a major box-office disappointment.
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