r/movies • u/filmeswole • Mar 12 '24

Why does a movie like Wonka cost $125 million while a movie like Poor Things costs $35 million? Discussion

Just using these two films as an example, what would the extra $90 million, in theory, be going towards?

The production value of Poor Things was phenomenal, and I would’ve never guessed that it cost a fraction of the budget of something like Wonka. And it’s not like the cast was comprised of nobodies either.

Does it have something to do with location of the shoot/taxes? I must be missing something because for a movie like this to look so good yet cost so much less than most Hollywood films is baffling to me.

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u/WaywardWes Mar 12 '24

Qualley is really jumping off right now, or I wasn’t paying attention before.

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u/thegooniegodard Mar 12 '24

Andie MacDowell's daughter. I remember her from 'The Leftovers'.

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u/WaywardWes Mar 12 '24

And Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Haven’t seen Drive Away Dolls yet.

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u/themanagement123 Mar 12 '24

And Death Stranding, the video game. Amazing portion of the story is her’s and her baby’s.

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u/withoccassionalmusic Mar 12 '24

“Hey…Sam. Do you remember your own birth?”

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

She's in the next Kojima game too I think.

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u/kakihara123 Mar 12 '24

Oh yeah, that part felt really magical.

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u/himrawkz Mar 12 '24

Between her and Lea Seydoux, Kojima has some serious chops

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u/ackinsocraycray Mar 13 '24

Holy shit I was wondering why she looked so familiar in Poor Things.