Find out which films have the biggest DreamWorks investments
With more than 40 animated films, DreamWorks Animation joins Disney and Pixar in the list of the greatest animation production companies in history. However, for the development of all these narratives, the studio had to spend a lot of money so that the traits would come to life on the big screens of cinemas.
Thinking about it, RECREIO gathered 5 films from different franchises that occupy the top of the list of the most expensive feature films from DreamWorks. Check out!
5. Kung Fu Panda 2 — $150 million
The sequel to ‘Kung Fu Panda’ which is responsible for introducing one of the studio’s best villains, Lord Chen, hit theaters in 2011 with an investment of US$ 150 million, that is, US$ 20 million more than its predecessor.
However, according to information from Box Office Mojo, the high amount applied was worth it, as the plot became the highest-grossing animation of that year by raising more than $ 650 million around the globe.
4. Madagascar 2: The Great Escape — $150 million
With twice as much investment as ‘Madagascar’, for the production of the sequence that opened in 2008 following Alex and his friends leaving the Central Park zoo, landing in Africa and finding other animals of their species free for the first time, DreamWorks spent $150 million.
3. Bee Movie – $150 million
In 2007, ‘Bee Movie – The Story of a Bee’ premiered, a film that follows Barry Bee Benson, a friendly bee who befriends a human and discovers the truth behind the theft of honey from her colony.
For the construction of the film, as well as ‘Madagascar 2: The Great Escape’, a trifle of US$ 150 million was invested.
2. How to Train Your Dragon – $165 million
We made it to the top 2! The story that addresses the emergence of friendship between the young Viking, Hiccup, and the night fury, Toothless and transforms all the local dynamics in which dragons were seen as enemies is called ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, a film that hit theaters in 2010 with a budget of $165 million.
1. Monsters Vs. Aliens – $175 million
DreamWorks’ most expensive film is ‘Monsters Vs. Aliens’, a 2009 feature film whose protagonist is Susan Murphy, a woman who ends up turning into a giant after being hit by a meteor and who, in the near future, becomes one of the only people capable of saving the Earth after arrival. of a great threat from another world.
In addition to being the studio’s first 3D film, it is also what achieved the feat of becoming the animation with the highest investment, since it had a budget of around US$ 175 million.
Source: Recreio
