How did this cost $18 million?
I know this is smaller budgeted film, but it seems to me that this film cost a lot less than even that.
shareTHE CATERING PROBABLY COST A MILLION BY ITSELF.
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They probably spent it all on that scene with the woman crawling through the cave
shareMost of it probably went for casting Abbey Lee
shareThat's nothing. Lady in the Water cost 70 million 15 years ago and it took place entirely within an apartment complex and had no big stars. Even if he bought the whole complex, it shouldn't have cost that much.
shareThe reason for this film's shockingly high budget, despite being set in one location, was because the apartment complex and the pool were built for the film. Some of this film was shot in Levittown, Pennsylvania at a Jacobson logistics warehouse site (director M. Night Shyamalan had committed to using films sites in PA). The set, built on the warehouse site, includes the apartment complex and a half city block of row houses. Occasional footage was shot inside the overflow area of the warehouse. Most of the filming was completed after Jacobson work hours.
I wonder how much of the budget they spent on THAT. Cause it really doesn't look like a 70m film. And there aren't any BIG name actors in the film (Sorry Paul Giamatti). share