Animation is rarely inexpensive, but these are the most expensive animated films ever produced. “WALL-E,” “The Lion King,” “Toy Story 3,” and more are on our list!
List of 10 Most Expensive Animated Films in the World?
#1: “Tangled” (2010)
In general, we don’t believe the expense of making an animated film is directly proportional to the length of the protagonist’s hair, but in this situation, it may be. The highlight of “Tangled” is, of course, the uber-long-haired Princess Rapunzel, although her locks were most likely not the cause for the film’s $260 million budget.
The film took six years to make and used a variety of animation techniques, including computer and conventional animation, as well as non-photorealistic rendering, to make it appear spectacular. Although it did not enter the billion-dollar club, it was another Disney success, generating over $590 million worldwide.
#2: “The Lion King” (2019)
If you thought $200 million was a lot of money to spend on an animated film, what do you think of Disney’s massive budget for the 2019 version of “The Lion King”? While the first film, released in 1994, used traditional animation and cost $45 million, the 2019 remake used photorealistic computer-animated and cost $260 million.
Despite sharing the highest budget ever for an animated picture with the following film on our list, the film went on to gross nearly $1.6 billion, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time. That is definitely more for the roar.
#3: “Toy Story 3” (2010)
The first “Toy Story” film, released in 1995, was the first totally computer-animated feature picture, yet it cost only roughly $30 million. “Toy Story 3” cost a stunning $200 million fifteen years later. So, what did $200 million bring you?
It was the first animated picture to generate more than $1 billion at the box office, as well as the highest-grossing film of 2010, and the third animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. That sounds like money well spent. Nine years later, it was another $200 million for “Toy Story 4,” which also grossed over $1 billion.
#4: “Cars 2” (2011)
The first “Toy Story” film, released in 1995, was the first totally computer-animated feature picture, yet it cost only roughly $30 million. “Toy Story 3” cost a stunning $200 million fifteen years later. So, what did $200 million bring you? It was the first animated picture to generate more than $1 billion at the box office, as well as the highest-grossing film of 2010, and the third animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. That sounds like money well spent. Nine years later, it was another $200 million for “Toy Story 4,” which also grossed over $1 billion.
#5: “Incredibles 2” (2018)
While $200 million may seem like a lot of money to spend on a movie, when it comes to superhero movies, that figure is actually quite realistic. In 2007, it cost more than $250 million to film “Spider-Man 3,” and in 2019, it cost more than $350 million to make “Avengers: Endgame.”
Disney spent approximately $92 million on “The Incredibles” in 2004, and film was a huge success, generating over $600 million. “Incredibles 2,” with a budget of $200 million, not only more than twice the first but also more than doubled the revenues, generating more than $1.2 billion worldwide.
#6: “Monsters University” (2013)
Postsecondary education is prohibitively pricey! Disney and Pixar invested $200 million to send Mike Wazowski and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan to “Monsters University.” That is a frightening figure, and it is nearly double what they spent on “Monsters, Inc.” 12 years prior. But, happily, the filmmakers did not graduate from university with the kind of debt that most people do. The studios actually came away from Monster School with hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets, as the film grossed over $740 million worldwide.
#7: “Finding Dory” (2016)
“Finding Nemo” cost $94 million to produce and generated over $940 million at the movie office worldwide in 2004. We’re not shocked, given those figures, that Disney found more money 13 years later when they set out to film “Finding Dory.”
In fact, they discovered an additional $100 million, for a total budget of $200 million when all was said and done. And what did they get in exchange for that $200 million? They received a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a global gross of more than $1 billion, making them only the second Pixar film to achieve so, following “Toy Story 3” six years previously.
#8: “Brave” (2012)
It takes guts to spend $185 million on a film, especially one that doesn’t feature superheroes and isn’t based on a comic book. But that’s exactly what Disney and Pixar did with the 2012 picture “Brave.” The picture featured Pixar’s first Disney Princess, was the hopping-lamp studio’s first major film with a female protagonist, and was directed by a woman. And, happily, it all paid off for the company, both financially and creatively, with an Oscar for best-animated picture and nearly $540 million worldwide.
If the expense of animated films was directly proportional to the amount of dialogue in the picture, “WALL-E” would not have made the list. Despite the lack of words, the picture is big on heart, soul, beautiful animation, and people lounging in floating chairs. And it all happened at a cost of $180 million, which Disney/Pixar comfortably recouped when the film grossed over $520 million worldwide. It also won an Oscar and was acclaimed as one of the best pictures of the decade by some.
#10: “A Christmas Carol” (2009)
“A Christmas Carol” is an animated film based on Charles Dickens’ renowned story. It is directed by Robert Zemeckis and uses the same motion-capture technique as his previous films “The Polar Express” and “Beowulf.” While the budgets for those films were approximately $165 and $150 million, respectively, he raised the stakes with “A Christmas Carol” and paid $175 million to bring this great tale to the big screen. And, despite grossing $325 million at the box office, the picture was regarded a relative failure given its huge budget.
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