20 Most Expensive Films Ever Made

9. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Rating: $250,000,000

Worldwide Box Office: $1,014,703,568

Was It Worth It: Again, the billion dollar return probably helped sweeten the less than stellar crticial response for New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson.

And while the story was a bit unbalanced, there's no denying the impressive power of the production values.