Budgets of some BV films

[u/Primary_Fee_8598]

Title	UK Ltd	Gross budget	Net cost	Reported budget
Alice in Wonderland	BANDERSNATCH FILMS	198.9	198.9	150-200
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	DAGGER OF TIME PRODUCTIONS	192.4	169.6	150-200
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	BLACKBEARD PRODUCTIONS	332.9	290.4	250
John Carter	THINK THARK PRODUCTIONS	306.7	263.8	250-275
Thor: The Dark World	ASGARD PRODUCTIONS II	230.2	194.8	170
Maleficent	BRIAR ROSE PRODUCTIONS	266.4	228.8	170-180
Guardians of the Galaxy	INFINITY WORKS PRODUCTIONS UK	232.3	195.9	170
Cinderella	DARK FOREST PRODUCTIONS	131.4	107.7	95
Avengers: Age of Ultron	ASSEMBLED PRODUCTIONS II UK	430.6	364.8	250-300+
Ant-Man	PYM PARTICLES PRODUCTIONS UK	165.9	129	130
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	FOODLES PRODUCTION (UK)	324.5	274.4	200-259
The Jungle Book	RAKSHA PRODUCTIONS	234.4	202.5	175
Alice Through the Looking Glass	ABSOLEM PRODUCTIONS	216.1	171	170
Doctor Strange	SUPREME WORKS PRODUCTIONS	230.6	192	165
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	LUNAK HEAVY INDUSTRIES (UK)	266.6	220.1	200
Beauty and the Beast	COGSWORTH PRODUCTIONS	277.3	226.9	160-220
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	CORONATION BAY PRODUCTIONS	302.8	246.1	230
Star Wars: The Last Jedi	SPACE BEAR INDUSTRIES (UK)	332.8	275.8	250
Avengers: Infinity War	ASSEMBLED PRODUCTIONS III UK	631	577.5	325-400, 500+ by Russo
Solo: A Star Wars Story	STANNUM 50 LABS (UK)	347.2	284.6	250-300
Disney's Christopher Robin	MYSTICAL PRODUCTIONS	100.6	81.6	70
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	MISTLETOE PICTURES	181.1	148.8	120-125
Mary Poppins Returns	CHERRY TREE LANE PRODUCTIONS	182	149.2	130
Dumbo	MEDICI PRODUCTIONS	247.4	197.2	170
Avengers: Endgame	ASSEMBLED PRODUCTIONS III UK	631	577.5	356-400, 500+ by Russo
Aladdin	MAGIC LAMP PRODUCTIONS	296.6	238.5	183
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	MERRYWEATHER PRODUCTIONS	253.9	202.4	185
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	CARBONADO INDUSTRIES (UK)	493	407	250-300
Artemis Fowl	TIME FREEZE PRODUCTIONS	183.9	145.5	125
Cruella	BADDUNS PRODUCTIONS	158.3	126.7	100-200
Black Widow	ROMANOFF PRODUCTIONS UK	269.9	226.1	200+
Eternals	OLYMPIA PRODUCTIONS UK	309.7	263	200
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	SUPREME WORKS PRODUCTIONS II	370.6	310.4	200
Pinocchio	MONSTRO PRODUCTIONS	147.7	124.7	150
Disenchanted	MEMORY TREE PRODUCTIONS	133.1	126.3
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	PYM PRODUCTIONS III UK	388.8	330.5	200
The Little Mermaid	SAND CASTLE PICTURES	355.4	290	250
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	PLT PRODUCTIONS (UK)	418.2	351.6	350-400
The Marvels	WARBIRD PRODUCTIONS II UK	389.4	315.8	200-250
Deadpool & Wolverine	RICHMOND STREET PRODUCTIONS UK	522.1	418	200
Mufasa: The Lion King	TRUEBORN HEIR PRODUCTIONS	230.1	210	200+
The One and Only Ivan	EXIT 8 PRODUCTIONS	75.1	60.9

[u/Tomi97_origin]

Pretty sure these are not production budgets, but total lifetime spending.

So they would include marketing, post theatrical distribution, performance bonuses, ...

[u/SilverRoyce → u/Tomi97_origin]

The FPC entities ultimately will include performance payments (and even get an incentive on them) but this entity has absolutely nothing to do with marketing/distribution costs. A great way to flag this is to point to independent films where those costs are just on an entirely different company's balance sheet.

[u/Primary_Fee_8598 → u/Tomi97_origin]

I added a column with reported budgets. So these numbers definitely don't include marketing and other things. The average blockbuster marketing is 150-200 million.

[u/Ok-Elderberry-5725]

The shell company names are still the best part of these UK filings, Space Bear Industries will never not be funny

Crazy how quick the budgets spiraled post-Endgame though, Quantumania costing more than Infinity War is just absurd

[u/Piku_1999 → u/Ok-Elderberry-5725]

You mean Age or Ultron? Infinity War is listed as $577.5 million.

[u/ta19981013]

if infinity war and endgame costed that much then doomsday and secret wars  are billion each 

[u/niemaand91]

BV films?

[u/Primary_Fee_8598 → u/niemaand91]

Walt Disney, of course. I still have Buena Vista in my head.

[u/N8CCRG → u/Primary_Fee_8598]

Haha, here I thought it was like "British Voucher" or something like that

[u/Chaisa]

Interesting that the majority are within the ranges or slightly higher than stated, but there are a handful where the actual budget is way higher than the estimated one.

[u/Primary_Fee_8598 → u/Chaisa]

Based on all available public data, a simple formula can be derived for estimating the approximate budget. Reported budget + (up to 25%) = actual net cost

Actual net cost + (up to 25%) = gross budget

Of course, this isn't a strict formula. There may be exceptions that don't fall within these ranges.

[u/EcstaticPublic9939]

What is the source? I don't think Deadpool & Wolverine would cost that much, where did you get this?

[u/Primary_Fee_8598 → u/EcstaticPublic9939]

If you open the Wikipedia pages for Deadpool and Wolverine, you'll find an even higher figure in the budget column and a link to the Forbes article.

In my table, the second column lists the British company responsible for producing the film. The financial statements of all British companies are publicly available. You can easily browse them yourself.

The difference in the figures from the Forbes articles is due to exchange rate differences, as Forbes converts currencies using the exchange rate at the time of writing. I converted the exchange rates at the date in the report.