Movie production costs compared: Cost per second
Why you shouldn't blink in a movie theater
Watching a movie is almost always a good experience. People are working months on one movie so the final product would occupy your attention for a hour or two.
I was eager to find out how much did it cost to make one second of the most popular movies ever produced. The answer is a lot. Blink for a moment and BAM! You've just missed thousands of dollars worth of material.
I'll let the numbers speak for themselves. Scroll down for a graph.
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Watching a movie is almost always a good experience. People are working months on one movie so the final product would occupy your attention for a hour or two.
I was eager to find out how much did it cost to make one second of the most popular movies ever produced. The answer is a lot. Blink for a moment and BAM! You've just missed thousands of dollars worth of material.
I'll let the numbers speak for themselves. Scroll down for a graph.
| Title | Cost per second | Revenue per second |
| Shrek 2 | $13,440 | $164,845 |
| Titanic | $17,094 | $158,018 |
| Finding Nemo | $15,666 | $144,104 |
| Shrek the Third | $28,985 | $144,738 |
| Jurassic Park | $12,467 | $120,038 |
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | $14,093 | $113,274 |
| Spider-Man | $19,283 | $113,182 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | $25,000 | $118,464 |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | $13,706 | $106,878 |
| The Dark Knight | $20,285 | $109,859 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | $24,154 | $113,310 |
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | $13,452 | $101,042 |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $25,067 | $106,590 |
| Independence Day | $8,169 | $89,041 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $10,351 | $90,956 |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $15,923 | $95,108 |
| Spider-Man 3 | $30,935 | $106,819 |
| Spider-Man 2 | $24,691 | $96,762 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $6,349 | $74,015 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | $29,761 | $95,336 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | $20,000 | $82,779 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $7,532 | $69,772 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $7,100 | $69,154 |
| Wall-E | $30,612 | $90,943 |
| Quantum of Solace | $36,163 | $90,557 |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | $33,653 | $73,615 |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $30,581 | $66,264 |
| King Kong | $17,164 | $45,648 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $23,474 | $49,254 |
| Superman Returns | $22,077 | $42,324 |
| Twilight | $5,096 | $52,330 |
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Posted: 2009-05-10 07:57:54
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With all that budget they still manage to make shitty movies. Sometimes I can't help but see this when watching a movie:
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Posted: 2009-05-10 12:52:45 Reply
Thats about how I feel when I watch Twilight
Posted: 2010-01-10 19:20:07 Reply
i just shat what was, in essence, a functional scat grenade. it emerged from my anus in one big wallop of a push, and consisted of oatmeal-like diarrhea encapsulated in a hard stool shell. it exploded immediately upon exiting my rectum, and the fecal shrapnel covered the interior of my toilet bowl. anyone got a cigarette?
Posted: 2009-05-10 18:32:48 Reply
Well, if it makes you feel better, Pattinson was clipped by a taxi while trying to escape from the same mob of screaming fangirls who contributed to that.
Posted: 2009-06-26 19:37:28 Reply
OMG lol .. going to the bathroom is out of the question then
Posted: 2009-05-10 14:36:36 Reply
How do you spend that much money per second!? That shouldn't be possible!
Posted: 2009-06-12 18:04:21 Reply
pretyy much its saying fuck gf coming to moviess cuz u cant pay attention and "do things" and watch every sec of it
Posted: 2009-05-11 15:07:06 Reply
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