20 Most Expensive Films Ever Made

12. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Most Expensive Films
New Line Cinema

Rating: $250,000,000

Worldwide Box Office: $950,466,855

Was It Worth It: Again, the production values probably gobbled up a lot of the cost, and in that respect there was value. But it definitely felt like a case of over-extension for profit's sake by this point.

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