MOVIES
Budgets
Most Expensive Films (Adjusted for Inflation)
This list features movies that have the most expensive budget since beginning of cinema - adjusted for inflation - as of January 2026.
RANK | FILMS | BUDGET (original) | BUDGET (adjusted) | YEAR |
1 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $490 million | $603 million | 2019 |
2 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | $447 million | $593 million | 2015 |
3 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | $465 million | $582 million | 2018 |
4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $379 million | $529 million | 2011 |
5 | Jurassic World Dominion | $465 million | $500 million | 2022 |
6 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | $365 million | $484 million | 2015 |
7 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | $300 million | $455 million | 2007 |
8 | Avengers: Endgame | $356 million | $438 million | 2019 |
9 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $429 million | $429 million | 2024 |
10 | Avengers: Infinity War | $325 million | $407 million | 2018 |
11 | Titanic | $200 million | $392 million | 1997 |
12 | Spider-Man 3 | $258 million | $391 million | 2007 |
13 | Fast X | $379 million | $391 million | 2023 |
14 | Justice League | $300 million | $385 million | 2017 |
15 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | $300 million | $385 million | 2017 |
16 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $351 million | $377 million | 2022 |
17 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $350 million | $376 million | 2022 |
18 | Tangled | $260 million | $375 million | 2010 |
19 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $250 million | $366 million | 2009 |
20 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | $352 million | $364 million | 2023 |
21 | John Carter | $264 million | $361 million | 2012 |
22 | Waterworld | $172 million | $355 million | 1995 |
23 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $225 million | $351 million | 2006 |
24 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | $350 million | $350 million | 2025 |
25 | Avatar | $237 million | $347 million | 2009 |
26 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $263 million | $345 million | 2016 |
27 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | $330 million | $341 million | 2023 |
28 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | $271 million | $339 million | 2018 |
29 | King Kong | $207 million | $333 million | 2005 |
30 | Spider-Man 2 | $200 million | $333 million | 2004 |
31 | Furious 7 | $250 million | $332 million | 2015 |
32 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $225 million | $329 million | 2008 |
33 | X-Men: The Last Stand | $210 million | $328 million | 2006 |
34 | Beauty and the Beast | $255 million | $327 million | 2017 |
35 | Spectre | $245 million | $325 million | 2015 |
36 | Wild Wild West | $170 million | $321 million | 1999 |
37 | The Fate of the Furious | $250 million | $321 million | 2017 |
38 | The Electric State | $320 million | $320 million | 2025 |
39 | Cleopatra | $31 million | $319 million | 1963 |
40 | Superman Returns | $204 million | $318 million | 2006 |
41 | The Marvels | $307 million | $317 million | 2023 |
42 | The Dark Knight Rises | $230 million | $315 million | 2012 |
43 | The Lion King | $250 million | $307 million | 2019 |
44 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $232 million | $304 million | 2016 |
45 | The Lone Ranger | $225 million | $304 million | 2013 |
46 | Man of Steel | $225 million | $304 million | 2013 |
47 | The Avengers | $220 million | $301 million | 2012 |
48 | Captain America: Civil War | $230 million | $301 million | 2016 |
49 | Maleficent | $226 million | $300 million | 2014 |
50 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | $291 million | $300 million | 2023 |
51 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | $300 million | $300 million | 2025 |
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