10 Films That Cost WAY More Than They Needed To

10. The Room - $6 Million

Tommy Wiseau’s The Room became a cult classic for all the wrong reasons. Viewers were fascinated by the non-sensical plot, the incomprehensible dialogue, and the lead actor's inhuman delivery of lines.

Another aspect about this travesty that drew attention was its expenses. Because the production looks dirt-cheap, you would never suspect it cost more than Get Out, Lost in Translation, Whiplash, Moonlight, or Rocky. Due to The Room's minimalism, it's not immediately evident why its budget was $6 million, when it should've been ten times less.

But the simple explanation behind the these ludicrous expenditures was gross incompetence. Because Wiseau didn't know the difference between 35mm film and HD video, he recorded The Room with both cameras. Instead of renting the recording equipment - as is standard practice - he purchased both cameras, adding an unnecessary sum to the budget.

Due to massive delays, many people working on The Room walked away in mid-production, forcing Wiseau to hire new actors and crew members on a regular basis.

Even after post-production, Wiseau was still spending money on his life's work. To advertise screenings, he placed a billboard for The Room on Highland Avenue in Hollywood, forcing the foolish filmmaker to spend another $300,000.

To prevent The Room from being pulled from the cinema, the bumbling director paid a theatre to screen it for two weeks, believing this would make his movie eligible for Oscar nominations.

Sadly, The Room wasn't nominated for anything because it's really, really, really bad.