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Old 02-13-2017, 08:07 AM  
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Originally Posted by LovinNothin View Post

A Billion?

All lies and hype to get people into the theater.

These movies are 85% CGI. They are basically cartoons. There are very little sets, so the biggest fees are all in house, production and actors.

A Billion? Physically impossible.


Saying that a movie has lots of CGI doesn't mean its cheap. Sometimes its cheaper to use CG than to use real sets, and other times it's just a necessity.

CGI costs money and employs alot of people. The next time you watch movie heavy on VFX, watch the credits. There are thousands of people in them sometimes.


Check this out:




This is from the movie "San Andreas" that came out last year. It's a typical disaster movie, nothing special, but - watch the VFX in this scene. Actually, look at the detail. Every single tiny thing is a polygon. Tiny CG people are running everywhere. When the land moves, it affects the water, which splashes against the bridge, which creates water dropplets, which reflect and refract light. Then there's the dust, and the smoke, and the fire. and the garbage in the water, and the waves.

There's action up front, and there's action way off in the distance. Some building is swaying over there and the glass is breaking, and oh there's a little desk flying out, etc.

Oh, and to top it all off, the camera has to have 100% free range of movement too. That is an insane amount of detail. I have no idea how they plan for all of this detail, let alone compose it and render it all for 10 seconds, but you can bet it's freaking expensive. Besides all of the artists that have to put all of those elements together, you have to then render it all after that. Amazing.


Check this out:



This VFX breakdown shows you all of the different elements (3d models, practical elements, particles, atmosphere, lighting etc). Cartoons? Of course. But highly detailed cartoons. Crazy, crazy money.



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Originally Posted by LovinNothin View Post

I just read the article, it's 2 movies, for a total of $ 1B. So, $500M per flick seems about right with those high salaries.

It was going to be 2 movies "Infinity War Pt 1" in 2018, and "Infinity War pt 2" in 2019, but it is no longer the case. ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Will Be Only One Movie | Variety
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