Film budgets

The production budgets of a film include the salaries paid to the director, writer(s). stars and crew, the designing and building of sets, costumes, the transport and location costs (filming away from the studio) and the cost of making and editing the film. Other costs include P & A (Prints and Advertising) – making thousands of copies of the film, disturbing them to cinemas, and advertising the film in the press, on television and on the Internet. An average Hollywood feature film takes eight weeks to film. It may cost $ 5 million or more a week, depending on how lavish the production is and how expensive the stars are. Titanic (1997) held the record for largest production budget ($200 million) until it was equalled by Spider – Man 2 (2004), then broken by King Kong (2005)at $207 million. It has since been overtaken by Superman Returns (2006) at $270 million and Spider- Man 3 (2007) at $258 million.