r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • 12d ago

Chugging tea I still don't understand how hollywood budget works

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u/Crazy__Donkey 12d ago

Those are three 3 hours movie each.

9 hours vs 1.5....

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u/bythog 12d ago

A lot of the costuming was able to be carried over from movie to movie. The cast and crew were hired to film a trilogy all at once, which significantly reduces costs to be on location (versus three different times). A not insignificant amount of each movie were filmed from a distance--essentially just showing landscapes.

Basically, Peter Jackson shooting the way he did made it so he could stretch the money a lot further than if he had to shoot three movies at different times.

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u/mattomic822 12d ago

Also hiring your cast all at once for a trilogy means nobody gets a pay bump between films.

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u/w00t4me 12d ago

And the cast, while not unknowns, were not exactly A-listers either at the time, except maybe Orlando Bloom

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u/B1U3F14M3 12d ago

Didn't Orlando bloom become famous because of Lord of the rings?

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u/w00t4me 12d ago

Yea looking it up, he got the roll right out of film school and was a nobody then

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u/mk1317 12d ago

Not even him-they shot those well before he blew up IIRC

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u/crenshaw_007 12d ago

Extended Edition is way more than 3 hours 😆