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Disney Reveals Spending On ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Disney has revealed that its upcoming 'Avengers: Doomsday' movie has already cost more than double the sum it spent on 2023’s 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'.

Bringing him back didn’t come cheap with Variety claiming that Marvel will pay the Russos $80 million to direct Doomsday and its sequel Avengers: Secret Wars whilst Downey Jr is expected to get "significantly more". Its report added that the Russos’ deal doesn’t include back-end compensation, but does contain performance escalators which kick in at the $750 million and $1 billion thresholds. That’s just the start.
As this report revealed, according to filings from Disney, the cost of making Endgame and its prequel Avengers: Infinity War came to $1.3 billion and the two upcoming follow ups are expected to top that.
Like Infinity War and Endgame, the upcoming movies are expected to be filmed back-to-back with principal photography due to start at the end of this month. Early insight into the cost comes from recently-filed documents which reveal that one month before the Russos and Downey Jr had been announced, Disney had already spent a staggering $8 million (£6.3 million) on pre-production.
A U.S. or global economic slowdown or recession can also take a bite out of the box office next year. Rising costs from tariffs and labor costs can also balloon the budget. The previous two Avenger movies were released in a more stable time pre-Disney+, pre-COVID and when more people were going to theaters than nowadays.
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