With Avatar: The Way of Water already in cinemas, some people may be wondering how much did it take to make James Cameron’s film, and whether was it more expensive than the first one. Read below:
Avatar 2 cost
Avatar: The Way of Water, is a sequel to the Avatar film, which was released in 2009. This Hollywood film is the second film of the franchise, which is expected to release three more sequels after this. James Cameron, the director of epic-science fiction, is creating the Avatar universe with all his might by spending thousands of crores on the budget.
According to The Digital Fix, Avatar 2 has a reported budget of $250 million. However, there are reports that the figure has swelled to between $350 million to $400 million, making it among the most expensive movies ever made – if not the most expensive movie in Hollywood history.
Surprisingly, a video is going viral on Twitter that reveals that a particular short clip from Avatar 2 has cost a whopping $ 100,000. The tweet reads, “A VFX artist estimated that this shot from #AvatarTheWayOfWater cost 100,000 dollars since every pixel in it is CG and the realism is pushed to the max.”
A VFX artist estimated that this shot from #AvatarTheWayOfWater cost 100,000 dollars since every pixel in it is CG and the realism is pushed to the max. pic.twitter.com/zKOmQrjsSQ
— Unbiased Snyder Fan (@snyder_all) December 1, 2022
jesus christ it looks so freaking real and at the same time such an easy shot to use prosthetics on, like wtf
— AleXiC94 (@AleXiC94) December 1, 2022
To clarify, this shot took approximately a year of man-hours from a highly trained expert team of artists, or around a day for a team of 300 people. I feel like framing it in terms of dollars is doing the artists a disservice and ignoring that this wasn't conjured from thin air
— Game Minds (@GameMindsYT) December 3, 2022
It was recently claimed that Way of Water would need to hit the $2 billion mark worldwide just to break even. It may sound ridiculous to think Avatar 2 can reach that figure, but you should never count Cameron out. He’s been dealing with skeptics his whole career, and let’s not forget he made two of the top three highest-grossing movies of all time, Avatar and Titanic.
Most Expensive films
Below you’ll find a list of the most expensive movies ever made, starting with the biggest budget and including Avatar 2.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: $379 million
- Avengers: Age of Ultron: $365 million
- Avengers: Endgame: $356 million
- Avatar: The Way of Water: $350-400 million
- Fast X: $340 million
- Avengers: Infinity War: $325 million
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: $300 million
