How much does it cost to produce a movie

Discussion in 'Movies, Music & TV' started by marvellouschange, Jul 23, 2011.

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    I have written so many interesting stories that are unique.How much does it cost to produce a movie in Hollywood and can anyone tell me the processes involved.
     
    marvellouschange, Jul 23, 2011 IP
  2. stuuntn

    stuuntn Member

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    i did a quick google search for this. you might try doing that as well.. google is a powerful tool :) but here's the first results

    "In 2005, the average Hollywood film cost $60 million to make, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. That's nearly double the average from 10 years earlier. But megafilms routinely cost more than $200 million. The 25 movies we feature on our list of Hollywood's Most Expensive Films averaged $197.1 million (2006 dollars) in production costs, and most of them were made in recent years."

    this was copied and pasted from http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/18/movies-budget-expensive-tech-media-cx_lr_1214moviebudget.html
    A forbes web page about the most expensive films. I hope it helps
     
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  3. Fredan

    Fredan Greenhorn

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    stuuntn you should produce a movie lol :p
     
    Fredan, Jul 23, 2011 IP
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    CB_gfx Member

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    depends on the movie :p
     
    CB_gfx, Jul 23, 2011 IP
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    A great film doesn't necessarily need 60 mil. Paranormal Activity was made for 15 grand. You don't need all the bells and whistles to make a great film.
     
    webarcher, Aug 9, 2011 IP
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    baytreesolution Active Member

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    Depends on movie. which type type of movie you want to make..?
     
    baytreesolution, Aug 11, 2011 IP
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    That's interesting question. Generally, you can make movie with budget lower than 1 million USD.
     
    g36, Aug 11, 2011 IP
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    Its totally depends upon the cast and direction of the movie and i think you must concern to a movie director for exact estimation,
     
    Sieraza, Aug 12, 2011 IP
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    Hollywood filmmakers are not always the money when the money, this is the whole world to know. However, the recent exposure of a string of numbers or make you speechless, the original a great movie needs such a huge money! There is also a very interesting trend that is closer to modern times, the money spent making the film more and more likely millions, are addicted to modern people to spend money yet? !
     
    neeshaw, Aug 12, 2011 IP
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    The movie studio "The Asylum" who've produced such ridiculous/wonderful B list films such as 'MegaShark vs Giant Octopus" and 'Transmorphers' never spend more than a million on their movies and they always make a profit.
     
    lordweiner, Nov 27, 2011 IP
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    Yeah it is right .... depends on the movie...
    How difficult this movie is made
    and How much you want to pay the actors.. :)
     
    Hapryanto, Nov 27, 2011 IP
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    I dont know how much it costs in hollywood but low-budget bollywood films are made in 1 cr
     
    bardevolved, Nov 29, 2011 IP
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    yaah.. same here i have also no knowledge about cost for hollywood movie but my brother have in bollywood film line so i will tell you after talk with my brother...
     
    adison.chilton, Nov 29, 2011 IP
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    shauryas Banned

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    i think in hollywood it can be 1 million to 1000 millions to produce a film.
     
    shauryas, Nov 29, 2011 IP
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    I think if it is an Indie Film, it cost around 500,000 up to 1M. However, if the movies you want to produce are like Harry Potter or Twilight, 5-10x of the said price is needed.
     
    sadielois, Dec 8, 2011 IP
  16. Lee Mark

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    It depends on what kind of a movie the person is going to produce. The subject, story and location are some of the major factors which also decide these things.
     
    Lee Mark, Dec 9, 2011 IP
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