Hollywood's 25 Most Expensive Movies

Blockbuster movies budgets are growing bigger and movies are getting more expensive. The most expensive movies are not always the biggest hits. Many of the most expensive movies on this list are sequels. Hollywood is more willing to spend money on a sequel, to a successful film. These movies, per Forbes Magazine, have been calculated in 2006 dollars, adjusting for inflation. Even so. the majority of these films are fairly recent. Although the 2005 average film cost was $60 million to make. Megafilms routinely cost over $200 million. These Hollywood's Most Expensive films averaged $197.1 million in production costs.

Following are the Top 25 Most Expensive Hollywood Films, along with their release dates, budget cost and U.S. and Foreign Box Office Figures.

1. Cleopatra: Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Fox Studio, Released June 12,, 1963. budget $290.2 Million. U.S. Box Office $381 Million.

2. Superman Returns: Starring Brandon Routh. Warner Brothers Studio. Released June 28, 2006. Budget $268.5 Million. U.S. Box Office $199 Million. Foreign Box Office $190.

3. Titanic: Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Paramount Studios. Released December 19, 1997. Budget $250.2 Million. U.S. Box Office $751.6 million. Foreign Box Office $1.6 billion.

4. Waterworld: Starring Kevin Costner. Universal Studio. Released July 28, 1995. Budget $231.6 million. U.S. Box Office $116.8 Million. Foreign Box Office $232.9 Million.

5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Starring Johnny Depp. Buena Vista Studio. Released June 7, 2006. Budget $223.1 million. U.S. Box Office $419.8 million. Foreign Box Office $635.million.

6. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Warner Brothers Studio. Released July 2, 2003. Budget $219.5 million. U.S. Box Office $165. Foreign Box Office $310.5 million.

7. Spider Man 2: Sony Pictures. Released June 30, 2004. Budget $212.8 million. U.S. Box Office $397.4 million. Foreign Box Office $436.6 million.

8. King Kong: Starring Jack Black and Naomi Watts. Universal Pictures. Released December 14, 205. Budget $212.3 million. U.S. Box Office $223.6 million. Foreign Box Office $339.7 million.

9. X-Men The Last Stand: Starring Hugh Jackson and Halle Berry. Fox Studio. Released May 26, 2006. Budget $209.3 million. U.S. Box Office $233.6 million. Foreign Box Office $223.6 million.

10. Wild Wild West: Will Smith. Warner Brothers. Released June 30, 1999. Budget $206.4 million. U.S. Box Office $1.38.2 million. Foreign Box Office $131.5 million.

11. Speed 2: Cruise Control: Starring Sandra Bullock. Fox Studio. Released June 13, 1997. Budget $201.4 million. U.S. Box Office $61.2 million. Foreign Box Office $145.9 million

12. The 13th Warrior: Starring Antonio Banderas. Buena Vista. Released August 27, 1999. Budget $193.2 million. U.S. Box Office $39. 50 million. Foreign Box Office $35 million.

13. Troy: Starring Brad Pitt. Warner Brothers Studio. Released May 14, 2004. Budget $286.8 million. U.S. Box Office $142.3 million. Foreign Box Office $388.4 million.

14. The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. : Adapted from C.S. Lewis' children fantasy series. Buena Vista Studio. Released December 9, 2005. Budget $184.6 million. U.S. Box Office $299.1 million. Foreign Box Office $464.6 million.

15. The Polar Express: Starred Tom Hanks. Warner Brothers Studio. Released November 10, 2004;. Budget $174.3 million. U.S. Box Office $172 million. Foreign Box Office $127.1 million.

16. (tie) Lethal Weapon 4: Starred Jet Li. Warner Brothers. Released July 16, 1998. Budget $173.1 million. U.S. Box Office $161.3 million. Foreign Box Office $191.7 million.

16. (tie) Armageddon: Director Michael Bay. Buena Vista Studio. Budget $173.1 million. U.S. Box Office $249.3 million. Foreign Box Office $435.4 million.

17. Van Helsing: Starring Hugh Jackman. Universal Studio. Released May 7, 2004. Budget $170.7 million. U.S. Box Office $228.2 million. Foreign Box Office $192.1 million.

18. Superman: Starring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeve. Director Richard Donner. Warner Brothers. Released December 15, 1978. Budget $163.9 million. U.S. box Office $400.1 million. Foreign Bx Office $494.8 million.

19. The Matrix Reloaded: Warner Brothers Studio. Released May 15, 2003. budget $165 million. U>S> Box Office $305.7 million. Foreign Box Office $496.1 million.

20. (tie) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Starring Russell Crowe. Directed by Peter Weir. Based on book series by Patrick O'Brian. Fox Studio. Released November 14, 2003. Budget $164.1 million. Foreign Box Office $127.5 million

20. (tie) The Matrix Revolutions: Warner Brothers Studio. Released November 5, 2003. Budget $164.1 million. U.S. Box Office $152.4 million. Foreign Box Office $312.5 million.

21. The Perfect Storm: Starring George Clooney, Diane Lane and Mark Walhberg. Warner Brothers Studio. Released June 30, 2000. Budget $164 million. U.S. Box Office $213.9 million. Foreign Box Office $171. 1 million.

22. Alexander: Starring Colin Farrell. Directed by Oliver Stone. Warner Brothers Studio. Released November 24, 2004. budget $163.8 million. U.S box Office $36.2 million. Foreign Box Office $140.8 million.

23. The World Is Not Enough: 19th Bond Movie. MGM Studio. Released November 19, 1999. Budget $161.9 million. U.S. Box Office $152.2 million. Foreign Box Office $281.6 million.