Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End Was The Most Expensive Film Of All-Time

Business Insider has compiled information from around the net, combined the information with inflation measurements and a closer look at studio finances, and has discovered that the second Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel was the costliest film ever made. At $341.8 million before prints and advertising, it just barely tops the $339.5 million used by 1963's Cleopatra (which cost a then-preposterous $44 million). Not only does At World's End come in with that obscene total, but Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest rings in just below it at $263.7 million. It's unclear where Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is on this list, considering the tally for that film was reportedly $250 million, but even that movie would represent something of a savings for Disney. They used to film movies back-to-back to save money. How much was saved by spending $604 million on the combined production of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End? No wonder Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 is still stuck in port!