High Budget Vs Low Budget

James Grimley

The Films

Iron Man VS Open Water

Cost of ProductionIron Man (2008) had a huge money budget of

$140 million. This is due to the number of special effects in the film and the big name actors such as Robert Downey Jr.

Open water (2003) was the opposite as the film was set in the ocean which would require no large amount of money. As this was set in the ocean no real drastic effects were needed to be made as everything you saw was real such as the sharks. Overall this film had a very low budget of $500,000. No big name actors were used either.

Money made With only having a budget of $500,000 Open

water still managed to conjure up $52,100,000 worldwide. Most of the budget would have been spent on safety equipment rather than big effects. This film only cost around $120,000 to make.

With a huge budget of £140m you would expect lots of money made. This film delivered with whopping gross earning of just under $320m at $318,412,101.

Production companies Iron man had everything going for it with one of the most

famous/well known companies producing it. Everyone would have no queries of the name Marvel Studios. This company is parented by Marvel Entertainment which is wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. Marvel studios has been involved in a few films to exceed one billion dollars (revenue) in North America films such as X-men and spider man. These 3 films are possibly 3 of the most well known films in the USA.

Open water also had a huge name producing company. Lionsgate Entertainment which as of 2013 was named the “most commercially successful mini major film and television distribution company in North America while also being ranked 7th for the most profitable movie studio. Lionsgate have also produced many other huge name films such as ‘The Hunger Games’ and “Saw III”.

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