• MidwestMayonaiseSalad@lemmy.world
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    We used to make midbudget movies. Of those, probably speed is the most expensive and it’s budget wasn’t insane.

    It’s good they are coming back

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      1 year ago

      Budgets in dollars.

      GUMP = 55m approx

      Pulp = 8m

      Shawshank = 25m

      Interview = 60m

      Natural Born Killers = 34m

      True Lies = 115m

      Maverick = 75m

      The Mask = 23m

      Ace Ventura = 15m

      Speed = 30m

      The Crow = 23m

      Films seem more expensive today regardless of inflation, but I’m all for more mid budget, more varied films coming out again too

      Edit: formatting.

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        Legend.

        I glossed over True Lies in the original list. Completely missed it.

        Obviously that has the highest budget. Probably half of it is just the F16 set piece at the end.

        What I’ve learned from this list is that period pieces are way more expensive than I thought.

        I assume Interview, Maverick, and Gump are all inflated just due to the historical sets.

        Inflation calculator says a 1990 was worth 2.3 times more, so most of those budgets are still tiny.

      • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.ee
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        Holy shit, Pulp Fiction was done on $8.5 million. That seems absurdly cheap. I honestly figured it would be closer to Ace Venture, cost-wise.

        Also The Crow and The Mask having matching budgets surprises me. I always assumed The Mask was a more expensive film given the amount of CG work it needed.