Question: What does it cost to create an animated movie like “Shrek”, “Toy Story”, or “Finding Nemo”? 

Answer: Below is a list of successful animated movies, and what it cost to produce them. Popular and successful animated movies employ large production teams and take several years of production to complete. Animated movies are still among the most profitable for the movie industry. The movie figures below are rounded to the nearest million, but do not include promotion costs, which can run anywhere from 10-50 million per picture. This should give you a really good idea of what it takes and how much it costs to create animation at a larger scale. The list starts with most expensive.

  • The Polar Express
    Released 11/10/04
    Production Budget: $170 Million
  • Ratatouille
    Released 6/29/2007
    Production Budget: $150 Million
  • Final Fantasy: Spirits Within
    Released 7/11/01
    Production Budget: $137 Million
  • Dinosaur
    Released 5/19/00
    Production Budget: $128 Million
  • Monsters Inc.
    Released 11/2/01
    Production Budget: $115 Million
  • Treasure Planet
    Released 11/27/02
    Production Budget: $100 Million
  • Finding Nemo
    Released 5/30/03
    Production Budget: $94 Million
  • The Incredibles
    Released 11/5/04
    Production Budget: $92 Million
  • Toy Story 2
    Released 11/19/99
    Production Budget: $90 Million
  • The Wild
    Released 4/14/06
    Production Budget: $80 Million
  • Ice Age The Meltdown
    Released 3/31/2006
    Production Budget: $75 million
  • Shark Tale
    Released 10/1/04
    Production Budget: $75 Million
  • Cars
    Released 5/9/2006
    Production Budget: $70 million
  • Shrek
    Released 5/18/01
    Production Budget: $50 Million

*The above data was provided by http://www.the-numbers.com. For more information please visit their site.

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