The Most Expensive Scenes in Cinema History
Today, we present nine movie scenes that filmmakers and studios paid through the nose for. Which movies are they from? What is their story? See for yourself!
Table of Contents
- The Most Expensive Scenes in Cinema History
- I Am Legend – the bridge scene
- Specter – the car chace in Rome
- Superman Returns – return to Krypton
- Pearl Harbor – starting the invasion
- Saving Private Ryan – the Normandy landing
- Transformers: The Last Knight – Dumpster Scene
- Speed 2 – cruise ship scene
- Ben-Hur – the chariot race
Specter – the car chace in Rome
- Movie budget: $245-300 million
- Scene budget: $32 million
- Where to watch: Rakuten, TV
And so the numbers go up, this time with the penultimate James Bond movie starring the one and only, as iconic as stern, Daniel Craig. The Bond series is known for its panache, high-octane action, and quite a few explosions. So, it's no surprise that 2015's Specter makes an appearance on this list. After the great triumph of Skyfall (2012), the director – Sam Mendes – indulged in a bit more craze. Not only did he involve two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, but he also decided to go beyond certain boundaries of Bond madness. Daniel Craig his Aston down the stairs below the Monument to Giacomo Matteotti? That's a sight to behold.
At first glance, it doesn't seem like this rather intimate scene of a chase through the Roman streets should cost so much. But let's think... when Bond escapes from the mercenaries of the mysterious Specter organization, he does so in the Aston Martin DB10 super car, developed specifically for the movie. Now imagine that of ten cars used in the scene, seven were destroyed. I bet that automotive enthusiasts regret this loss of these grand tourers to this day.
