I get that actors are expensive, but how does it ever get to insane numbers like 350 million (for endgame) and 200 million (for titanic).

Am I missing some insane cost? And why do some of the best movies ever suddenly cost a lot less?

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Notice how long the credits are in any major motion picture. That’s a lot of names — hundreds of people are involved in making a big movie. All of those people are doing this as their job, and have to be paid. Some of them are paid quite highly.

    If a movie is based on a book, comic, TV show, video game, etc. then there’s also licensing for the story rights; which can be millions right there. On top of that, movie-making equipment is expensive (and typically rented); modern CGI special effects take a lot of computer power, which costs money too; major movies also have big advertising budgets.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_budgeting