8 Films That Set Records as the Most Expensive Films in the World!

FAST X (2023) starring Vin Diesel is reported to require a production cost of 340 million US dollars or around 5.2 trillion Indonesian rupiah, KLovers. According to MovieWeb, FAST X (2023) ranks eighth as the most expensive film in terms of production cost.

The sequel to the film AVATAR (2009) which tells the continuation of Jake Sully's family also has a large production cost. With a production cost of 350 million US dollars or 5.3 trillion Indonesian rupiah, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022) managed to rank seventh as the most expensive film in terms of production cost. Rumor has it that the director, James Cameron, said this film must be the third or fourth highest-grossing film of all time. Like a seer, this film also managed to become the third highest-grossing film of all time.

It's no secret that AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) is starred by famous actors and actresses such as Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Scarlett Johansson. According to Movieweb, AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) requires a production cost of 356 million US dollars or 5.4 trillion Indonesian rupiah! With that cost, AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) managed to rank sixth as the most expensive film in terms of production cost. However, it's not only the production cost that is high, KLovers. AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) also became the second highest-grossing film of all time!

Just like AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019), AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (2015) required a production cost of 365 million US dollars or 5.6 trillion Indonesian rupiah. The difference is, this film did not achieve the same success as AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) and THE AVENGERS (2012). Nevertheless, it became the fourth highest-grossing film in 2015 and ranked fifth as the most expensive production film.

The only pirate film that had a production cost of almost 400 million US dollars. According to Movieweb, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (2011) required a production cost of 379 million US dollars or 5.8 trillion Indonesian rupiah. The reason this film, starring Johnny Depp, had such a high cost was due to the numerous shooting locations used and the use of 3D cameras, which were also used to produce the film AVATAR. In addition, ten companies were needed to work on the extraordinary visual effects.

Ranked third is J.J. Abrams' film STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019). This film had a production cost of 416 million US dollars or 6.3 trillion Indonesian rupiah. The production cost was used for a new creative team. Although this film had the lowest revenue among the STAR WARS sequel trilogy, it still managed to reach a revenue of 1.077 billion US dollars or 16.5 trillion Indonesian rupiah!

Second place is occupied by JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (2018) with a production cost of 432 million US dollars or 6.6 trillion Indonesian rupiah! As a result, this film brought in profits of more than 218 million US dollars or 3.3 trillion Indonesian rupiah.

And here is the champion, KLovers. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, released in 2015, became the most expensive film in the world. It cost 447 million US dollars or 6.8 trillion Indonesian rupiah, KLovers! Fortunately, this film is one of the films that reached a revenue of 2 billion US dollars or 30.7 trillion Indonesian rupiah. Wow, that's fantastic!