Hollywood's 25 Most Expensive Movies

Blockbuster movies budgets are growing bigger and movies are getting more expensive. The most expensive movies are not always the biggest hits. Many of the most expensive movies on this list are sequels. Hollywood is more willing to spend money on a sequel, to a successful film. These movies, per Forbes Magazine, have been calculated in 2006 dollars, adjusting for inflation. Even so. the majority of these films are fairly recent. Although the 2005 average film cost was $60 million to make. Megafilms routinely cost over $200 million. These Hollywood's Most Expensive films averaged $197.1 million in production costs.

Following are the Top 25 Most Expensive Hollywood Films, along with their release dates, budget cost and U.S. and Foreign Box Office Figures.

1. Cleopatra: Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Fox Studio, Released June 12,, 1963. budget $290.2 Million. U.S. Box Office $381 Million.

2. Superman Returns: Starring Brandon Routh. Warner Brothers Studio. Released June 28, 2006. Budget $268.5 Million. U.S. Box Office $199 Million. Foreign Box Office $190.

3. Titanic: Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Paramount Studios. Released December 19, 1997. Budget $250.2 Million. U.S. Box Office $751.6 million. Foreign Box Office $1.6 billion.

4. Waterworld: Starring Kevin Costner. Universal Studio. Released July 28, 1995. Budget $231.6 million. U.S. Box Office $116.8 Million. Foreign Box Office $232.9 Million.

5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Starring Johnny Depp. Buena Vista Studio. Released June 7, 2006. Budget $223.1 million. U.S. Box Office $419.8 million. Foreign Box Office $635.million.

6. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Warner Brothers Studio. Released July 2, 2003. Budget $219.5 million. U.S. Box Office $165. Foreign Box Office $310.5 million.

7. Spider Man 2: Sony Pictures. Released June 30, 2004. Budget $212.8 million. U.S. Box Office $397.4 million. Foreign Box Office $436.6 million.