10 Reasons Why An Avengers Movie Crossover With X-Men And Spider-Man Won't Be Happening

8. The Real Super-Villain Would Be The Astronomical Budget

Potential box office figures don€™t even take into account what the budget of such a massive film would be. We can assume the budget of a Marvel crossover film would be significantly more than the estimated $220 million production budget of The Avengers because there are so many more high-priced actors and producers involved. In fact, though the budget for The Avengers: Age of Ultron hasn€™t been reported yet, it€™s expected to be significantly higher than that of The Avengers because Robert Downey Jr. demanded larger salaries for his co-stars (what a guy!) and it includes more featured actors than its predecessor. While the most money ever spent on a superhero movie was the $258 million Sony spent on Spider-Man 3, a Marvel crossover movie€™s budget would likely dwarf that. It€™s easy to suggest that each studio could kick in $150-200 million, but movie budgeting isn€™t that simple. Who pays for marketing? Who pays for special effects? Who pays for the shawarma that Robert Downey Jr. demands in his contract? The studios€™ accountants would spend years just squabbling over which studio pays for what.