The budgets for films like that are extensive. The wiki says it was $132 million. It also says it has grossed over $230 million. If you put that in company t

The budgets for films like that are extensive. The wiki says it was $132 million. It also says it has grossed over $230 million. If you put that in company terms - if you took a startup company and funded it with $132 million, and put out an extensive product, then made a list of everyone involved - including subcontractors and admin staff - it would be a surprisingly long list as well. Remember, for an animated film it's more like an software project than a traditional movie - there are no sets and filming, but a lot of design and testing. While we are on the topic...the movie theatre you went to make every little or no money on the ticket. All their margin is from selling you overpriced junk food - including the highest margin product of them all - popcorn. In some cases, the cardboard container the popcorn comes in costs more than the corn itself.