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To be clear movie budgeting isn't an exact science
As many of the finer details are approximate or generally unreported that said it is safe to say that whatever the number really is
It's plenty big enough to warrant some investigation. So with that put on your professor hulk-sized glasses and let's get crackin
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Before we get down to the nitty-gritty aspects of the production. Let's get some perspective on the matter with a reported budget of
356 million dollars Avengers and game is officially the third most expensive film of all time
Sandwiched in between its predecessors age of Ultron and infinity war
It cost
What's the most expensive film of all time you ask why it's none other than the fourth entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean
Franchise on Stranger Tides, which was made for 379 million back in 2011
Wow Jackie
However, it's worth noting that certain expenses don't make it into the final tallies more on that later
Marvel's big names don't come cheap with upwards of 60 named characters filling out the endgame playbill
So to speak it seems to assume that a large chunk of that budget went to the cast while the specific
Salaries for every actor have yet to be disclosed?
We could say pretty definitively what each of the major players took home for their troubles
Seeing as the movie places more emphasis on the original six Avengers
It's not surprising that many of them earned similar paychecks with Chris Evans Mark Ruffalo Chris Hemsworth
Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner each pulling in roughly
15 million dollars that's already 75 million dollars for those of you keeping score at home Robert Downey jr
On the other hand plays in a totally different league with many reporting that he took in at least
75 million dollars on his own and that he could have easily earned two hundred million dollars for both infinity war and endgame combined 10
is quite the step-up from getting a measly five hundred thousand dollars upfront for the original Ironman in 2008 truth is
I am Iron Man
Again that's just six actors in what is arguably the biggest Istanbul in a blockbuster of all time
You also have to assume that a lot of them have back-end deals in their contracts that ensure they see a good amount of those
Box office dollars to seeing as so many factors are at play in the actual filming process of a movie the specific
Expenses therein are seldom reported
however
given the scope of the project and the length of the shoot
One need only know they funneled in quite a bit of money to that set. You trust I
do
To throw some more perspective in there
The average film will shoot for somewhere between one and two months
Avengers endgame had a shoot that went on for five months with another month and change thrown in for reshoots
fortunately Marvel was wise to film back to back with infinity war which went on for six months before it bringing the production on the
two films to an entire year
Again some more money was assuredly saved from the majority of the time being spent at Pinewood Studios
Thanks to the Georgia tax break all that said it was a long process and it did not come cheap
This is good works to you. I
know it is
Because I don't know what I'm gonna do. If it doesn't while they create the biggest fireworks in your favorite blockbusters
It's no secret that visual effects artists make relatively zilch in the hollywood machine
Well, we could ramble on about how they ought to make more. We think the visuals for avengers endgame speak for themselves
As is typically the case Marvel collaborated with a slew of effects houses to bring their infinity saga to life
Most notably Industrial Light and Magic which any Star Wars fan will know as being born in a galaxy far far away
While the actions set pieces in endgame are a bit more spread out than infinity wars the climactic final battle
Undoubtedly required a lot of meticulous
Crafting and funds there's no official word on how much they spent but considering how good of a job they did
It was worth every cent
Some fans have claimed the film didn't even need a promotional campaign
Since everyone was pretty much sold on it from the way infinity war ended
So it stands to reason those people would be surprised by how much Marvel actually spent marketing the film according to Deadline
Upwards of 200 million dollars was spent promoting the film the largest-ever tally from Marvel Studios
Traditional advertisements aside plenty of cross-promotion was done as well with the studio partnering with the likes of Audi Coca Cola
Geico McDonald's and Google just to name a few
Cena's promotional expenses are not included in a movies budget that roughly 400 million dollar price tag suddenly goes way up
Even with all those expenses Avengers endgame turned a profit virtually overnight
grossing 1.2 billion dollars opening weekend as of June 2019
It has blown away
Expectations by becoming one of the biggest money earners of all time by raking in two point seven billion dollars
More than making its money back when paired with
Infinity war the two films reportedly cost 1 billion dollars to make yeah with ABI and yet together have pulled in nearly four point eight
Billion leading us to believe that some movies are just too big to fail
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