NBCUniversal has taken Disney’s title of making the most expensive movie of all time, according to analysis of recently filed financial statements.
The filings show that Universal Pictures spent $658.8 million making the 2022 action-adventure pic “Jurassic World: Dominion,” surpassing the previous record-holder, Disney’s 2015 “Star Wars” reboot “The Force Awakens” which cost $638.9 million. Universal and Disney have been contacted for comment.
“Dominion” was the third film in Universal’s “Jurassic World” series, and it united its stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt with Lara Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill, who headlined the original “Jurassic Park” trilogy.
Filmed at the peak of the pandemic in 2020, Universal had to adopt costly safety protocols during production. It also faced months of delays which pushed the premiere of the movie back by a year to June 2022.
