While it’s not impossible for a superhero movie to be tightly-budgeted, when it comes to the cinematic fare that DC and Marvel churn out, it can be safely assumed that a lot of money will be poured into those productions. Take The Flash, which we know is one of three upcoming DC movies left to arrive in 2023; with its story focusing on The Fastest Man Alive teaming up with multiple versions of Batman, Supergirl and even his own doppelgänger across various realities, there’s no way that was going to be a cheap filmmaking endeavor. That said, the budget for this movie has reportedly been revealed, and apparently it wasn’t expensive as you might think.
In a profile that CBC News wrote about The Flash production designer Paul Austerberry, it was mentioned that the movie was budgeted at around $220 million. Assuming this number is accurate, that certainly qualifies The Flash as an expensive blockbuster overall, but it’s nonetheless trailing behind a few of its fellow DC Extended Universe entries. Man of Steel is estimated to have cost as much as $225 million, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice cost between $250-300 million, and Justice League cost a whopping $300 million (which isn’t even counting the additional funds spent on Zack Snyder’s Justice League a few years later).
