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Tuesday, September 27. 2005

Ohh, I can think of so many better was to spend/invest that money.....

Most expensive films ever
Superman Returns (2006) $326 million
HP and the Goblet of Fire (2005) $305m
Titanic (1997) $200m
Spiderman 2 (2004) $200m
Dinosaur (2000) $200m
Waterworld (1995) $175m
Wild Wild West (1999) $175m
Van Helsing (2004) 170m
Polar Express (2004) $170m
Terminator 3 (2003) $170m
Alexander (2005) $155m
Speed 2 (1997) $150m
Batman Begins (2005) $150m
Troy (2004) $150m
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) $150m
Armageddon (1998) $150m
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) $140m

Movie's record costs
From:
By Michael Bodey

September 21, 2005

IT has taken steely resolve but finally Superman Returns is nearing the screen. But at what cost?
The revisioned Superman tale, filming at Sydney's Fox Studios, could well be the most expensive film of all time.

Variety reported its director Bryan Singer acknowledged its budget is approaching $326 million - that would top Titanic's $250 million and Waterworld's $225 million.

But the director of upcoming Harry Potter film Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Mike Newell, is now claiming the title.

"I think of myself as being really lucky," he said.

"I'm going to make the most expensive film ever. These things are not like ordinary films they are world events."

And the cost of the film, due here on December 1? Reportedly $305 million.

Special effects, not actors' salaries, are driving the ballooning budgets, although Superman Returns has years of development costs to sink as well.

At times during its 11 years of painful development, it looked as doomed as the planet Krypton.

At different moments along the tortuous path, the Warner Bros studio had Tim Burton, Wolfgang Petersen, Brett Ratner or Lost creator J.J. Abrams directing and Nicolas Cage as Superman. There was even thought of a "Superman v Batman" feature.

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X-Men director Bryan Singer now has the reins of a film which he has promised will reference 1978's Superman: The Movie and 1980's Superman II and feature the late Marlon Brando in a return as Jor-El.

The film also stars Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor and Blue Crush's Kate Bosworth as a jilted Lois Lane, who rejects Superman (Brandon Roth) after he returns to Earth after a five-year absence.

She even writes a column for The Daily Planet stating "The world doesn't need a saviour. And neither do I."

Hollywood is banking on Superman Returns to dominate cinemas mid-2006, along with The Da Vinci Code, X-Men 3 and the remake of The Poseidon Adventure.

It will be released here June 29.

Original story here...