2 years ago ...a rumor came out that Disney was spending over 1 Billion dollars on both Avengers 3 and 4....which of course is over 500 M a piece
when you consider the scale of the film and the shear number of HUGE A List actors...The Budget of a film like Avengers IW becomes almost impossible...
But Marvel Studios somehow made this film for only 300 M, and IMO its one of the most astonishing acts in Hollywood history, no other studio could have done this for that price, and it all comes back to 1 thing....Incredible out of the box casting that aloud Marvel Studios to cast Young, Up and Coming and some time Complete UNKNOWN actors, in key roles that went on to be come HUGE stars....because Marvel Studios got all these actors before they came HUGE, it aloud them to get them on MIMIMUM contract that featured 3 to 6 Picture deals...
for example, GOTG Marvel Studios basically cast completely Unknowns and D list stars, but they were the perfect cast choices, Pratt has went on to become a megastar, Batista is currently hot, Gillian is Hot....Yet they all have to come do these Avengers movies for the Agreed upon salaries before they became HUGE
in comparison, Take WBs Suicide Squad...WB decided to cast A LIST actors which cost between 5 to 15 Million a piece plus Back end money for Will Smith, Leto(coming off Oscar) and Robbie...
Same With Justice League, Wonder Woman and BvS...for some unearthly reason....WB decided to pay Henry Cavill 13 Million dollars for MOS, When Cavill was Literally a complete UNKNOWN...the Salary now has gone up with each film...
and WB in an absolutely disastrous move, ONLY signed Gal Gadot to a 3 picture deal(BvS, JL and WW)....Which put them in a horrible position once Wonder Woman struck gold...They didnt have Gadot signed up for a sequel, WB literally now has to pay her A List superstar money to come back and it also aloud her to get a massive raise for JL....WB also failed to sign patty Jenkins to a Mandatory Sequel, which then resulted in WB having to make Jenkins the highest paid female director of all time...
I'm not trying to shit of WB...I'm just trying to point out, how its not easy to do what Marvel Studios did...Because they were so smart business wise, with their casting choices, Their contracts...They were able to make an Impossible Movie for a pretty decent Price!
WB spent over 300 M on JL, 250 to 300 Million on BvS, Fox Spent over 280 Million On X-Men DOFP...
to make Avengers IW for 300, that feature over 29 heroes with 29 of the biggest actors in the world...Is astonishing and could have only been done by Years of Excellent decisions...
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