Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Real Budget Is Shockingly Huge

The actual amount of money that Disney spent on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released.

Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, also known as Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker, was released in 2019. Co-written, produced, and directed by J.J. Abrams, it is the third installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy following 2015’s The Force Awakens and 2017’s The Last Jedi. It grossed approximately $1.077 billion globally.

How much money did Disney spend on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker?

Per Forbes, it has been revealed that the cost of The Rise of Skywalker has risen by $10.1 million, meaning that Disney spent $593.7 million in total to make the sci-fi sequel film. That makes it the third most expensive movie in history behind The Force Awakens and Jurassic World: Dominion.

“The budgets of movies made in the United States are usually a closely-guarded secret as studios combine the cost of them in their overall expenses and don’t itemize how much was spent on each one,” the article explains. “It’s a different story in the U.K. Studios filming in the U.K. get a reimbursement of up to 25.5% of the money they spend in the country provided that at least 10% of the movie’s core costs are incurred there. In order to demonstrate this to the authorities, studios set up separate companies to produce each film in the U.K. and they are obliged to file legally-binding financial statements. As with all U.K. companies, these filings are released in stages long after the period they relate to. The process starts during pre-production and continues long after the premiere.”

The cast of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which is available to stream on Disney+, includes Daisy Ridley as Rey, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, John Boyega as Finn, and more.

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net