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The budget for the first three movies in total was 281 million. They filmed on location and had pretty good CGI, minus a few scenes that would look better today
by runawaybottle 6y ago
The budget for the first three movies in total was 281 million. They filmed on location and had pretty good CGI, minus a few scenes that would look better today.
Why are costs going up here? Tech is commoditized easily (ease of use and availability of talent), so I expect CG work to have gotten better and cheaper.
- yuppie_scum 6y agoThere’s been a lot of inflation in the past 20 years.
- Glide 6y agoThat moment when you realize how long ago LoTR trilogy was....
- TheTrotters 6y agoAccording to the BLS inflation calculator $100 in January 200 is worth the same as $156 in March 2021, so in inflation-adjusted terms both projects cost roughly the same amount.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> The budget for the first three movies in total was 281 million ... Why are costs going up here? Well for a start just the rights for this TV show cost about as much as all three movies did. Back then the Lord of the Rings was not something at the front of people's cultural minds. Now it is.
- sp332 6y agoPrestige TV series cost way more money than average movies. Game of Thrones' last episodes cost $15 million each. https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tv-series-budgets-costs-rising-peak-tv-1202570158/ https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tv-series-budgets-costs-ris... I guess it was only a matter of time before they started rivaling prestige movie budgets too. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559417/most-expensive-tv-shows-ever-made-game-of-thrones-the-crown https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559417/most-expensive-tv...