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$300 million budget.

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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Filming began in June 2021, taking place in various locations including the United Kingdom, Italy and Morocco, and wrapped in February 2022. With an estimated production budget of nearly $300 million, it is the most expensive film in the Indiana Jones franchise, as well as one of the most expensive films ever made.

What doofus thought it would be a great idea to spend that much on this film? Playing with fire! I'm not Nostradamus but I get a feeling this is gonna be a major box office bomb. At this cost the film has to earn $700 million or more to enter the green and become profitable.

13th most expensive film ever, not adjusted for inflation. 22nd when adjusted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films

[–] SWfan2002 (98) 2 years ago

Kathleen Kennedy has not been able to control any of the costs since taking over Lucasfilm. “Solo” actually lost money.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18430) 2 years ago

That's a huge problem with all the major studios these days. The budgets for these blockbusters is out of control. Look at Fast X, that cost $340M and the Flash movie is north of $200M.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15105) 2 years ago

Hehehe, KK is in so much trouble right now at Disney. She already went way over-budget with this film (evidently she's terrible with money when it comes to spending on movie projects), and Bob Iger warned her in a private meeting that this movie better break even, or else.

Based on that premise, he knows it will bomb terribly, and he'll probably use it as a way to get rid of KK because she caused so much money to be lost with her incompetence. I wonder if her contract states that she has to have the studio make money or be fired? That would be a good reason to get rid of her, considering nothing else has worked.

[–] Ranb (11294) 2 years ago

Why is that a problem? A production company paid a bunch of people as much as $300,000,000 to make something. That is lots of cash injected into the economy. They're going to spend a ton more to advertise it; even more money splashed around.