Movie production costs compared: Cost per second
Why you shouldn't blink in a movie theater
Watching a movie is almost always a good experience. People are working months on one movie so the final product would occupy your attention for a hour or two.
I was eager to find out how much did it cost to make one second of the most popular movies ever produced. The answer is a lot. Blink for a moment and BAM! You've just missed thousands of dollars worth of material.
I'll let the numbers speak for themselves. Scroll down for a graph.
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Watching a movie is almost always a good experience. People are working months on one movie so the final product would occupy your attention for a hour or two.
I was eager to find out how much did it cost to make one second of the most popular movies ever produced. The answer is a lot. Blink for a moment and BAM! You've just missed thousands of dollars worth of material.
I'll let the numbers speak for themselves. Scroll down for a graph.
| Title | Cost per second | Revenue per second |
| Shrek 2 | $13,440 | $164,845 |
| Titanic | $17,094 | $158,018 |
| Finding Nemo | $15,666 | $144,104 |
| Shrek the Third | $28,985 | $144,738 |
| Jurassic Park | $12,467 | $120,038 |
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | $14,093 | $113,274 |
| Spider-Man | $19,283 | $113,182 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $25,000 | $118,464 |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | $13,706 | $106,878 |
| The Dark Knight | $20,285 | $109,859 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | $24,154 | $113,310 |
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | $13,452 | $101,042 |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $25,067 | $106,590 |
| Independence Day | $8,169 | $89,041 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $10,351 | $90,956 |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $15,923 | $95,108 |
| Spider-Man 3 | $30,935 | $106,819 |
| Spider-Man 2 | $24,691 | $96,762 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $6,349 | $74,015 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | $29,761 | $95,336 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | $20,000 | $82,779 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $7,532 | $69,772 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $7,100 | $69,154 |
| Wall-E | $30,612 | $90,943 |
| Quantum of Solace | $36,163 | $90,557 |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | $33,653 | $73,615 |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $30,581 | $66,264 |
| King Kong | $17,164 | $45,648 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $23,474 | $49,254 |
| Superman Returns | $22,077 | $42,324 |
| Twilight | $5,096 | $52,330 |
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With all that budget they still manage to make shitty movies. Sometimes I can't help but see this when watching a movie:
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Thats about how I feel when I watch Twilight
i just shat what was, in essence, a functional scat grenade. it emerged from my anus in one big wallop of a push, and consisted of oatmeal-like diarrhea encapsulated in a hard stool shell. it exploded immediately upon exiting my rectum, and the fecal shrapnel covered the interior of my toilet bowl. anyone got a cigarette?
Well, if it makes you feel better, Pattinson was clipped by a taxi while trying to escape from the same mob of screaming fangirls who contributed to that.
OMG lol .. going to the bathroom is out of the question then
How do you spend that much money per second!? That shouldn't be possible!
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pretyy much its saying fuck gf coming to moviess cuz u cant pay attention and "do things" and watch every sec of it
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