$91 million is definitely huge, but considering Titanic was made on a $200 million budget in 1997, and Harry Potter 1 having a $125 million budget in 2001, it is quite surprising.
Return of the King has more VFX, larger cast and bigger scope than any fantasy film. The fact that they made a film this big with just $91 million is a bit shocking.
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PJ called it "big-budget low-budget filmmaking". He considered that the budget was comparatively low for a movie of that scale, and that a normal Hollywood studio would have spent two or three times that much. But PJ didn't spend big bucks on high living for the cast and crew and cut every corner he could, most of the money went for the incredible locations and special effects that we all know and love.
BTW, the "Game of Thrones" people once their show has a much lower budget than the LOTR films, that the money spent per minute of finished film was like a quarter of PJ's budget.
“Seventy-seven courses and a regicide, never a wedding like it!
That's incredible, even for the early 2000's when this was being made.
shareI think exactly the same. It's quite impressive what he has done with it.
And as you it isn't a "low" budget... But it isn't so huge neither considering everything involved in the process.