What was the most expensive silent movie ever made?

At almost four million dollars, the 1925 silent film of Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur is the most expensive silent movie ever made.
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What is the most expensive movie that has ever been made?

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides officially holds the record, with a budget of $378.5 million, while The Hobbit trilogy stands as the most expensive back-to-back film production, with combined costs of $623 million after tax credits.
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How much did it cost to see a silent movie?

Silent movies costs varied from place to place, as they do now, but they were far cheaper than today's movies. For example, in 1920, an average silent movie cost from 10 to 25 cents.
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Who is the most famous silent movie actor?

The 10 best silent movie stars - in pictures
  • Charlie Chaplin. ...
  • Harold Lloyd. ...
  • Douglas Fairbanks. ...
  • Rudolph Valentino. ...
  • Lillian Gish. ...
  • William S Hart. ...
  • Buster Keaton. ...
  • Louise Brooks.
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What is the most famous silent movie?

Top 10 silent movies
  1. The Passion of Joan of Arc. The Passion Of Joan Of Arc.
  2. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Janet Gaynor, George O'Brien in the film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927). ...
  3. The Lodger. Haunting ... ...
  4. The Wind. ...
  5. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. ...
  6. Metropolis. ...
  7. The General. ...
  8. Battleship Potemkin. ...
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The Most Expensive Scene in the History of Silent Movies



What is the cheapest movie ever made?

The cheapest movie ever made is –

Known as one the most successful cheapest movie ever made, 'The Blair Witch Project' was released in the year 1999. It was made on a shoestring budget of approximately $60,000 and generated a humongous amount of almost $249 million dollars worldwide.
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What are the top 10 most expensive movies ever made?

surveyed film history and spotlighted 10 of the most expensive movies ever made.
  • 10 of the most expensive movies ever made. ...
  • Avatar (2009) ...
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) ...
  • Cleopatra (1963) ...
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) ...
  • John Carter (2012) ...
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) ...
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
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Who is the highest paid actor in the world?

Dwayne Johnson is the highest-paid actor on Forbes' list of the highest-paid entertainers in 2022, earning $270 million, in part thanks to his earnings from the films “Black Adam” and “Red Notice.”
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Who is lowest paid actor?

1. Jonah Hill. Jonah Hill voluntary accepted the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) minimum salary just so he could work with director Martin Scorsese. Hill told The Howard Stern Show he jumped at the chance to film for seven months on a thin $60,000 salary claiming, “They gave me the lowest amount of money possible.
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Who is the most successful actor ever?

The all-time highest-grossing actor in the United States and Canada is Samuel L. Jackson. The cumulative lifetime box office revenue of all movies in which he has had a starring role amounted to about 5.7 billion U.S. dollars as of February 2021, owing mostly to his role as Nick Fury in the Marvel film franchise.
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Who is the highest paid singer?

Highest paid musicians of 2021
  • Bruce Springsteen: $550 million.
  • Jay-Z: $470 million.
  • Paul Simon: $260 million.
  • Kanye West: $250 million.
  • Ryan Tedder: $200 million.
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers: $145 million.
  • Lindsey Buckingham: $100 million.
  • Motley Crue: $95 million.
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What was the biggest movie flop of all time?

The 10 Biggest Box Office Flops of All Time
  1. The 13th Warrior (1999)
  2. 47 Ronin (2013) ...
  3. Cutthroat Island (1995) ...
  4. Mars Needs Moms (2011) ...
  5. The Lone Ranger (2013) ...
  6. John Carter (2012) ...
  7. Sahara (2005) ...
  8. Heaven's Gate (1980) ...
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What low budget movie made the most money?

Notable low-budget films
  • Rocky was shot on a budget of $1 million and eventually grossed $225 million worldwide, making Sylvester Stallone a star.
  • Halloween was produced on a budget of $325,000 and grossed $70 million worldwide.
  • Napoleon Dynamite cost less than $400,000 to make but its gross revenue was $46 million.
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Is Avatar the most expensive movie ever?

Currently, the original Avatar holds the Guinness World Record for the most expensive film ever produced, with an official budget of $425 million.
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What was the hardest movie to make?

9 Movies That Were Notoriously Difficult to Make
  • Alien 3. Image via 20th Century Fox. ...
  • The Bourne Identity. Image via Universal Pictures. ...
  • Jaws. Image via Universal Pictures. ...
  • World War Z. Image via Paramount Pictures. ...
  • Titanic. Image via Paramount Pictures. ...
  • The Lone Ranger. Image via Disney. ...
  • Apocalypse Now. ...
  • Fantastic Four (2015)
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What is the longest movie?

The longest film ever made was the 85 hour The Cure for Insomnia (USA 1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV and premiered in its entirety at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA from 31 January to 3 February 1987.
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What movie title has been used the most?

(Ironically, The Awakening was originally titled The Buried, but was changed to avoid confusion with the Ryan Reynolds-in-a-box movie.) In fact, 34 exact matches on IMDb (even allowing for the fact many of those are translations from other languages) puts it firmly in the running for the commonest title of all time.
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What movie has lowest rotten tomatoes?

1. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) According to critics via Rotten Tomatoes, this embarrassingly incompetent cyper-espionage dumpster fire is the single worst movie ever made.
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What was the first movie to gross 1 billion?

Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide on March 1, 1998, in 74 days of release.
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Which Disney movie lost the most money?

Top 10 Biggest Disney Movie Flops
  • #8: “The Country Bears” (2002) ...
  • #7: “Newsies” (1992) ...
  • #6: “Treasure Planet” (2002) ...
  • #5: “The Lone Ranger” (2013) ...
  • #4: “Tomorrowland” (2015) ...
  • #3: “The Black Cauldron” (1985) ...
  • #2: “John Carter” (2012) ...
  • #1: “Mars Needs Moms” (2011)
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What song has made the most money?

Estimated earnings: $50 million

Fast forward 120 years and "Happy Birthday" is by far the richest and most profitable song of all time. The Ownership of "Happy Birthday" has changed hands a few times in the last 100 years. Music holding company Warner Chappell bought the rights for $15 million in 1990.
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What song has made the most money from royalties?

All figures are in American dollars.
  • Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Haven Gillespie and Fred Coots (1934), $45 million.
  • Every Breath You Take, Sting (1983): $35 million (Sting makes about $2,000/day from the song)
  • Oh Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison and Bill Dees (1964): $30 million.
  • Christmas Song, Mel Torme (1944): $35 million.
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What band made the most money?

As of 2017, based on both sales claims and certified units, the Beatles are considered the highest-selling band.
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Who is the most loved actor in the world?

In this list, the Top 6 most popular actor in the world has been discussed.
  1. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne Johnson was born on May 2 1792 in California, US. ...
  2. Shah Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh Khan is an Indian Bollywood Actor born on 2nd November 1965. ...
  3. Morgan Freeman. ...
  4. Jackie Chan. ...
  5. Robert Downey Jr. ...
  6. Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Who is the most loved actor?

Here are the 10 most-well liked actors, according to US audiences:
  1. Morgan Freeman — 84% Freeman in "Going in Style" (2017).
  2. Denzel Washington — 81% Washington in "Roman J. ...
  3. Tom Hanks — 81% Hanks in "The Post" (2017). ...
  4. Betty White — 80% ...
  5. Sandra Bullock — 80% ...
  6. Harrison Ford — 79% ...
  7. Michael J. ...
  8. Will Smith — 74% ...
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