Fourth Harry Potter Film to be the Most Expensive Movie Made

[Vega115]

Yessiree bob! Accoring to the director of the fourth Harry Potter Film "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", the WB will have to pull out their BIG BIG wallet for the films budget. The budget?

308 MILLION DOLLARS.

Thats more than 100 million more than teh previous most expensive film - Titanic.

heres a link to the site i got this from: http://www.mugglenet.com

308 Million? Damn.

[Normandy6644]

Ooooh boy.... #-o

Methinks hollywood needs to spend it money on something else.....like decent movies. (Not that I don't like Harry Potter. Actually, I couldn't care less about it. I just think it's a bit much money for a movie..)

[Humphrey]

thing is, its a very safe bet that they will make their money back. There is a very, very large hardcore fan base all over the world. I predict they will make back at least twice that value, easily.

[Jigsaw]

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[Sever]

308 million??? Why not apply it into I dunno a Footfall movie or Rendezvous with Rama? Ok I'll shut up now.

[nebularain]

: Voice of NASA critic-like person :

$308 million?

That money would be better spent in feeding the poor! That money should go to fixing the economy!



Er . . . wait a minute!

How come people don't really make these kind of complaints in regards to entertainment budgets like this?

[Sever]

Because movies apply to the common people, and most people seem to care more about the latest crap-fest action movie then the space program.

[Rift]

I don't expect much when Gigli cost 54 million in production, and 22 million in advertising...

and it only pulled in 9....

[beck0311]

: Voice of NASA critic-like person :

$308 million?

That money would be better spent in feeding the poor! That money should go to fixing the economy!



Er . . . wait a minute!

How come people don't really make these kind of complaints in regards to entertainment budgets like this?

They do. A few years ago CBS made some huge multimillion dollar contract with the NFL that involved getting more games. THe next morning on the radio I heard some sourpuss saying that it was "immoral" to spend that kind of money on football. Boneheaded reasoning, but at least they are consistant...in the sense that they whine at every opportunuty.

[Normandy6644]

People always need something to complain about. This is why protests will never stop, since there will always be someone who feels the need to be offended by something.

[splat]

I just wish they'd spend that 308 million on good scripts instead of special effects (of course, it doesn't really apply to a movie like this that ripped its story off of a book, but hey, there are plenty of movies that could have used a better script).

Hehe, whining is awesome. 8)

[Glom]

That's bit excessive. How long is going to be?

[SeanF]

: Voice of NASA critic-like person :

$308 million?

That money would be better spent in feeding the poor! That money should go to fixing the economy!



Er . . . wait a minute!

How come people don't really make these kind of complaints in regards to entertainment budgets like this?

Well, in all honesty, I can see a difference between a private corporation wasting "their" money and the gov't wasting "our" money . . .

(Not that I agree that funding space exploration is a waste, mind you)

[Vega115]

That's bit excessive. How long is going to be?

The WB has said it would like it to be between 2.5 to 3 hours (DOUBTFUL...were dealing with a 736 page book) so it will most like be 3-3.5 hours. OR they will do what they originally said, and pull a Matrix, film it as one movie, but split it in two, each like 2.5-3 hours.

[Glom]

Well, in all honesty, I can see a difference between a private corporation wasting "their" money and the gov't wasting "our" money . . .

(Not that I agree that funding space exploration is a waste, mind you)

But then it is our money. Because we're the ones who are going to be buying the tickets. How dare we buy tickets to see some film when we should be giving it to Christian Aid! [-X

[SeanF]

Well, in all honesty, I can see a difference between a private corporation wasting "their" money and the gov't wasting "our" money . . .

(Not that I agree that funding space exploration is a waste, mind you)

But then it is our money. Because we're the ones who are going to be buying the tickets. How dare we buy tickets to see some film when we should be giving it to Christian Aid! [-X

That's true, but then it's you wasting the money, and still not WB. :)

[Glom]

That's true, but then it's you wasting the money, and still not WB. :)

Yes, but that does show the hypocrisy of the arguments of MSF opponents. They're saying it's wrong to waste money on what they consider frivalous ventures when children are starving.

[SeanF]

That's true, but then it's you wasting the money, and still not WB. :)

Yes, but that does show the hypocrisy of the arguments of MSF opponents. They're saying it's wrong to waste money on what they consider frivalous ventures when children are starving.

Yes, but, they're only wasting $10 - the gov't's wasting billions!

(Good Lord, I hope nobody thinks I'm actually defending these people! :o )

[Glom]

But those billions only equates to a few dollars for each individual person, just like going to see Harry Potter.

[SeanF]

But those billions only equates to a few dollars for each individual person, just like going to see Harry Potter.

(You do know you're not dealing with rational people here, right?)

If I had a billion dollars, I wouldn't waste it on something frivolous. But my $10 to go see the Harry Potter movie is worthless in terms of world hunger, so I'm not hurting anything by going to see it.

[jkmccrann]

(You do know you're not dealing with rational people here, right?)

If I had a billion dollars, I wouldn't waste it on something frivolous. But my $10 to go see the Harry Potter movie is worthless in terms of world hunger, so I'm not hurting anything by going to see it.

Can you imagine if everyone had this attitude? Everyone just sat around on their [expletive deleted by moderator] saying 'someone else will do it' or 'what i do doesn't make a difference on the larger scheme of things' or 'everyone else is wasting their money, why can't i?'

Thats the type of attitude that is ruining this world...

I think the amount they are spending is pretty excessive as it is just a movie... and movies are really only a time waster.

I've seen the movie, and its pretty much a visual feast for those who have read the book... the storyline may be a bit hard to follow if you haven't, as you would be needing to pay attention to everything that is said to understand what is happening/why things are happening.

[SeanF]

Can you imagine if everyone had this attitude? Everyone just sat around on their [expletive deleted by moderator] saying 'someone else will do it' or 'what i do doesn't make a difference on the larger scheme of things' or 'everyone else is wasting their money, why can't i?'

Thats the type of attitude that is ruining this world...

I think the amount they are spending is pretty excessive as it is just a movie... and movies are really only a time waster.

I've seen the movie, and its pretty much a visual feast for those who have read the book... the storyline may be a bit hard to follow if you haven't, as you would be needing to pay attention to everything that is said to understand what is happening/why things are happening.
(Emphasis mine - SeanF)

Glad to see you're doing your part to ruin the world, jkmccrann! ;)

[SolusLupus]

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Sorry, couldn't resist.

[ToSeek]

Actually came in at around $150 million (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.html), which isn't that exceptional.

[Wolverine]

jkmccrann: you cannot swear here. I edited your post accordingly.

Do not use bad language in the future. You've already been informed that this forum is a family-friendly environment, and this is your second warning to abide by the FAQ (http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?p=564845#post564845). There will not be a third.

[mid]

Actually came in at around $150 million (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.html), which isn't that exceptional.

That's because the original story all that time ago was based on an off-hand comment by Mike Newell of what he estimated shooting the first draft (which was a ridiculously long retelling of the whole book complete with all the subsequently cut stuff) would come to. It didn't really deserve any more time than the comment by Terry Gilliam way-back-when that doing a straight adaptation of Watchmen would cost about a million per page of the comic.

[Gruesome]

308 million? Wow.

I can't wait to not see that one, too.