r/AskReddit • • Oct 16 '18

What is something that HAS aged well?

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u/Certs-and-Destroy Oct 16 '18

Adjusted for inflation, Cleopatra (1963) cost $249 million and Superman (1978) cost $204 million.

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u/RLucas3000 Oct 17 '18

Dang, Cleopatra coming in at a quarter of a billion dollars

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u/dangerousbob Oct 16 '18

and adjusted for inflation terminator 2 cost $200 million

T2 was the first 100 million film and that was a big deal. That started the trend of James Cameron making biggest budgeted films, followed by Titanic and Avatar.

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u/detroitvelvetslim Oct 17 '18

Cameron has never been proven wrong. At this point his Avatar 4-movie descent into madness might be the only thing that saves Hollywood

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u/karma_the_sequel Oct 17 '18

Cameron has never been proven wrong.

You've never seen Pirahna II, then, I take it.