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I cannot believe this film cost $85 million.

posted 10 years ago by MyInnerspace
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I mean how does it get so expensive to make a love story with no special effects? Hollywood the city of robber barons.

[–] fleurfairy 9 years ago

Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet's salaries probably took up a big chunk of that figure.

[–] Val-El 9 years ago

Not to forget that "on location" costs get rather expensive...

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[–] MarblesLove 9 years ago

Plus, they had to build Iris's house from scratch.

Once upon a time there was a magical place where it never rained. The end.

[–] Val-El 9 years ago

and... they had to restore the area to original pristine condition.

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[–] TRocket_Cassidy 8 years ago

The James Franco, Lindsay Lohan, John Krasinski, and Dustin Hoffman cameos and playing "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet, "Let Go" and "Just For Now" by Imogen Heap, "You Send Me" by Aretha Franklin, "Best of My Love" by The Emotions, "Got To Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn, "Sha La La" by Al Green, and "It's a Shame" by The Spinners added to the costs too.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

Plus, they had to build Iris's house from scratch.

Apparently Amanda's digs were a million dollar set too. Still $85 million rom coms are pretty thin on the ground. Amazingly it did return a profit.🐭

[–] speedy1383 9 years ago

Probably a very small one. The foreign markets saved this film.

[–] TheManInOil 9 years ago

Around that time Diaz was the highest paid actress in Hollywood, topping out at around 20 million a picture (not this one, obviously, but still). The others were all hot at the time as well, so I'd guess that half the budget was cast.

[–] jarn2004 9 years ago

I was going to say. All four leads were massively popular when this came out. Jack Black was still riding high on School or Rock.

Kate Winslet is Kate Winslet.

Cameron Diaz was everywhere.

Jude Law was probably the only one whose star was falling due to the affair he had. There Salaries made up more than half of the movie in my opinion.

[–] FrodoPotter 9 years ago

Hans Zimmer also doesn't exactly compose his tunes for free.

[–] speedy1383 9 years ago

Mind blowing that it cost that much for a romantic comedy. A romantic comedy?!!!

[–] parknourie 9 years ago

Just came here to say that too.
Actors probably took 90% of that.

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