Comedy Movies That Cost More Than You Think

“Meet up with the Fockers” wasn’t just a hit, it was a monster results, grossing nearly $280 million at the domestic box office. With the movie staying 1 of the greatest are living-action comedies ever, it was obvious Common Photographs/DreamWorks Shots would be angling to get a different sequel off the ground. To do that, though, would be a expensive enterprise, with the eventual observe-up, “Minimal Fockers,” costing $100 million to make. That was not just the form of finances usually involved with action-packed blockbusters — it was also practically double the $55 million price tag tag of the primary film in this sequence, “Satisfy the Parents,” additionally a significant maximize in excess of the $60 million spending plan of “Meet the Fockers.”

Lots of comedies score $100+ million budgets many thanks to tumultuous productions that steadily run up the fees. In the circumstance of “Little Fockers,” with it currently being a sequel and carrying a star-studded (and pricey) forged, the financiers concerned normally knew it’d be a high priced venture. In fact, Deadline claimed in August 2010 — as a sequence of reshoots have been underway for “Minor Fockers” — that the project came in beneath funds through its principal images. Even with that feat, nevertheless, “Minimal Fockers” nonetheless proved to be a significant financial investment financially and a indicator of how expensive specific installments in a comedy franchise can be as the a long time go on. Even so, with a $300+ million around the globe haul, it appears to have been the uncommon high-priced comedy that truly manufactured its funds back.