Top 30 Most Expensive Movies in 2020

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures / Disney+. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is the penultimate on the list with a budget of $42 million.

On June 9, 2017, it was initially reported that the film would go through pre-production from June 26 through September 15, 2017 with 60 days of filming following in Louisiana. The film was set with a budget of $42 million, with $32 million of that being spent in-state. That included an estimated $10 million on Louisiana payroll. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, and was released on Disney+ on February 7, 2020.

SYNOPSIS: The hilarious exploits of Timmy Failure and his 1,500-pound polar bear companion, Complete, as they function Complete Failure, Inc., a Portland detective company. Primarily based on the e book by Stephan Pastis.

Distributed by Columbia Pictures / Cross Creek Pictures / Original Film. Bloodshot ranks 27 on this list with a total production budget of $45 million same as ‘Da 5 Bloods’ with a worldwide total of $37.3 million in Box Office.

Launched on March 13, 2020, by Sony Pictures

SYNOPSIS: Ray Garrison, a soldier recently murdered in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his bloodstream, he’s an unstoppable force –stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the sorporation has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn’t know what’s real and what’s not — but he’s on a mission to find out.

Distributed by Apple TV+ / Stage 6 Films / Bron / FilmNation Entertainment. Greyhound ranking 25 with a total production budget of $50.3 million, a little over ‘The Rhythm Section’.

Like many different movies, it was faraway from the discharge schedule as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. In May 2020, it was announced that Apple TV+ had acquired distribution rights to the movie for about $70 million; Stage 6 Movies was left as the only Sony distributor as of the discharge of the movie. It was launched digitally by the service on July 10, 2020.

SYNOPSIS: Within the early days of WWII, a global convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats.

Distributed by Screen Gems / Constantin Film / Tencent Pictures / Toho with a total production budget of $60 million as well, the movie grossed a Box Office total of $16 million.

Released in the USA on December 18, 2020 by Sony after the movie’s troublesome launch in China. The studio spent $1.3 million on tv adverts within the week of its release

SYNOPSIS: Behind our world, there’s one other: a world of harmful and highly effective monsters that rule their area with lethal ferocity. When Lt. Artemis and her elite unit are transported by means of a portal from our world to a brand new world, they’re in for the shock of their lives. In her desperate try to get dwelling, the courageous lieutenant encounters a mysterious hunter, whose distinctive abilities have allowed him to outlive on this hostile land. Confronted with relentless and terrifying assaults from the monsters, the soldiers workforce as much as battle again and discover a approach dwelling.

Distributed by Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation. Ranking 21st on our budget list having a total production budget of $65 million, with a worldwide Box Office income of $115.6 million

Launched in the US on November 25, 2020 , which was then followed by a PVOD launch on December 18. The studio spent about $26.5 million promoting the movie

SYNOPSIS: Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans — a family that’s a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.

Distributed by Netflix / Skydance Media. 19th on our list with total production budget of $70 million.

The Old Guard was launched on July 10, 2020 on Netflix. It was the top-streamed merchandise on the site over its first weekend, rankin second and fourth the next two weekends.

SYNOPSIS: Led by a warrior named Andy, a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious incapability to die have fought to guard the mortal world for hundreds of years. However when the crew is recruited to tackle an emergency mission and their extraordinary skills are out of the blue uncovered, it’s as much as Andy and Nile, the most recent soldier to join their ranks, to assist the group get rid of the specter of those that search to copy and monetize their power by any means crucial.

Produced by 20th Century Fox / TSG Entertainment / Chernin Entertainment. The movie has a total production budget of $80 million. The movie grossed a worldwide total of $40.9 million in Box Office

Underwater was launched in the USA on January 10, 2020 and in UK cinemas on February 7, 2020.

SYNOPSIS: A crew of underwater researchers should scramble to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. 

Produced by Netflix. The movie ranking midway in our list has a total production budget of $85 million.

Project Power was launched by Netflix on August 14, 2020. It was the top-streamed movie on the platform in its first two weekends, before ending in second place in its third.

SYNOPSIS: On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to unfold a couple of mysterious new capsule that unlocks superpowers distinctive to every person. The catch: You don’t know what is going to occur till you are taking it. Whereas some develop bulletproof pores and skin, tremendous power, others exhibit a deadlier response. However when the capsule escalates crime inside the metropolis to harmful ranges, an area cop groups with a teenage supplier and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta to battle power with power and danger taking the capsule as a way to track down and cease the group liable for creating it.

Distributed by Columbia Pictures / Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Having also a total production budget of $90 million, with an amazing worldwide Box Office income of $426.5 million

Released January 17, 2020 by Sony Pictures

SYNOPSIS: The wife and son of a Mexican drug lord embark on a vengeful quest to kill all those concerned in his trial and imprisonment — together with Miami Detective Mike Lowrey. When Mike gets injured, he groups up with accomplice Marcus Burnett and AMMO — a particular tactical squad — to carry the culprits to justice. However the old-school, wisecracking cops should quickly study to get together with their new elite counterparts if they’re to take down the vicious cartel that threatens their lives.  

Distributed by Netflix / Smokehouse Pictures / Anonymous Content. The Midnight Sky has a total production budget of $100 million, with a worldwide Box Office income of $75 million

The movie had a restricted theatrical launch on December 11, 2020, and was launched digitally on December 23 2020. It was the most-watched movie on Netflix over its first 5 days.

SYNOPSIS: Within the aftermath of a worldwide disaster, a lone scientist within the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts with a warning to not return to Earth.

Distributed by Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation. Having a total production budget of $110 million, with a whoopy worldwide Box Office income of $44.5 million

Universal Pictures had initially deliberate to launch Trolls World Tour theatrically in the USA on April 10, 2020. It was later pushed as much as February 14, 2020 earlier than being pushed again to April 17, 2020. On March 17, it announced that the movie could be launched concurrently in theaters and for digital rental on April 10 in america and Canada because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SYNOPSIS: A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, needs to destroy all different kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the destiny of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, together with their pals—Biggie, Chenille, Satin, Cooper and Guy Diamond—got down to go to all the opposite lands to unify the Trolls in concord towards Barb, who’s trying to upstage all of them.

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios / Disney+; with a total production budget of $125 million and a worldwide Box Office income of $28 million

Soul was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 19, 2020 but due to the coronavirus it was later released on 25 December 2020.

SYNOPSIS: Joe is a middle-school band trainer whose life hasn’t fairly gone the best way he anticipated. His true ardour is jazz — and he is good. However when he travels to a different realm to assist somebody discover their ardour, he quickly discovers what it means to have soul.  

Produced by Universal Pictures / Perfect World Pictures; with a total production budget of $175 million and a worldwide Box Office income of $251 million

Its launch was initially set for May 24, 2019, however was moved to April 12, 2019, to keep away from competitors with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which itself was later moved from May to December 20, 2019. The movie was later moved once more to January 17, 2020.

SYNOPSIS: Dr. John Dolittle lives in solitude behind the high walls of his lush manor in 19th-century England. His only companionship comes from an array of exotic animals that he speaks to on a daily basis. But when young Queen Victoria becomes gravely ill, the eccentric doctor and his furry friends embark on an epic adventure to a mythical island to find the cure.

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures / Disney+; also with a total production budget of $200 million and a worldwide Box Office income of $70 million

On August 4, 2020, Disney announced that it had cancelled the movie’s vast theatrical launch in the US, and would as a substitute premiere the movie for a premium price on Disney+ on September 4, 2020. Mulan was accessible for the acquisition on November 2, 2020, and was made accessible totally free to all subscribers on December 4. The movie was nonetheless launched theatrically in nations the place theaters had re-opened, and wouldn’t have Disney+. 

SYNOPSIS: To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.

Ranking number one as the most expensive movie in 2020, a product of Warner Bros. Pictures / Syncopy Inc. The movie bagged $205 million in its production and welcomed $362.9 million in Box Office

Warners Bros. initially scheduled Tenet for a July 17, 2020. As a result of COVID-19 pandemic, it was first delayed to July 31, and subsequently August 12. Executives calculated that every postponement value Warner Bros. between $200,000 and $400,000 in advertising charges. After briefly being held up indefinitely, Warner Bros. organized the movie to be launched internationally on August 26 in seventy international locations, together with Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the UK.

SYNOPSIS: Armed with just one phrase—Tenet—and preventing for the survival of your complete world, the Protagonist journeys by way of a twilight world of worldwide espionage on a mission that may unfold in one thing past actual time. Not time travel. Inversion!