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This cost $86 million?

posted 4 years ago by HarlemEagle42 (16635)
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I get that Ford and Pitt probably had big paychecks but it's not really an action movie. So where'd the money go?

[–] AlexJohan (390) 3 years ago

Production cost was much higher in the 90s than now. It also took longer to shoot and in pre / post production.
Everybody made money in film back then. Not like now that actors, grips, PAs or location scouts don’t have a pot to piss in. Cant live off scale in LA any longer.

[–] Snoopy828 (517) 12 days ago

According to the trivia Ford made 20 mil and Pitt 12 so 32 mil off the bat for your two leads.

Reshoots right before release also cost money and if they filmed on location, it'd be more money, but I do agree this movie shouldn't have cost that much money