Harry Potter Every Movie Ranked Smallest To Biggest Budget

Harry Potter: Every Movie, Ranked Smallest To Biggest Budget

It’s almost been a decade since the Harry Potter film saga ended. Here’s every film, ranked by its budget from smallest to biggest.

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It’s still somewhat surprising to think that the Harry Potter movie series ended nine years ago. It feels like only yesterday that fans around the globe were counting down to see The Boy Who Lived appear on the big screen in his debut outing The Sorcerer’s Stone, which hit theatres back in 2001.

With movies getting costlier to make, we’re now throwing things back. We’ll take a look at all eight movies in the series and rank them on budget – but it’s worth remembering inflation when glancing at this list…

8 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets: $100 million

With The Sorcerer’s Stone proving to be a big hit among fans, Warner Bros chose to make The Chamber of Secrets on a tight budget with the movie coming bottom of this list with production costs of $100 million. But, while money was saved, the blockbuster was certainly entertaining.

Harry spends most of his second year at Hogwarts accused of being the Heir of Slytherin, whose mysterious beast is attacking muggle-borns throughout the school. Thankfully he’s able to defeat Tom Riddle, AKA Lord Voldemort, during an epic confrontation in the Chamber itself. With a little help from Fawkes the Phoenix, of course…

7 Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone: $125 million

There was always going to be pressure on the first Harry Potter movie and whether it could do a sufficient job at bringing JK Rowling’s books to life. And a huge $125m was pumped into the film to ensure it met the dizzying expectations of fans and get the series off to a flying start in the process.

While it’s not perfect – Daniel Radcliffe’s acting is a little wooden and some of the omissions from the source material are infuriating – it was definitely a solid start. What’s more is it topped the box office standings for 2001 worldwide, fending off competition from The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

6 Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1: $125 million

For the final two movies in the entire series, Warner Bros made the bold decision to split the last book into two. Each blockbuster was given a budget of $125m as a result and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 did a good job at setting the stage for Harry’s dramatic final showdown with Lord Voldemort and his repulsive Death Eaters.

It was popular, too. It made $960,666,490 at the box office worldwide with only two Potter movies managing more. And, speaking of that…

5 Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2: $125 million

Even people who weren’t Harry Potter fans felt they should check out the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – just to see what all the hype was about. The excitement for the final movie in the series was extremely high back in the summer of 2011 and, inevitably, it was a roaring success – raking in $1,341,932,398 across the globe.

That was enough to make it the biggest movie of the year ahead of Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It’s an extremely emotional affair so, if you’ve yet to watch it, we recommend getting the tissues at the ready.

4 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban: $130 million

Coming in at number four on this list is 2004’s The Prisoner Of Azkaban. That was a huge year for movies – and sequels in particular – with the title having to fight it out with Spider-Man 2, Shrek 2, The Incredibles, The Passion of the Christ, and The Day After Tomorrow for box office supremacy.

To give it a fighting chance, Warner Bros pumped $130 million into the movie. While it was considerably darker than it’s two predecessors it was still popular nonetheless and scored an impressive 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes – a number only beaten by Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

3 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire: $150 million

The Goblet of Fire was always going to be a rather expensive movie to put together. After all, with the book being a huge 190,637 words long, there was certainly plenty of work to be done behind the scenes. Yet it did a brilliant job at telling the story of Harry’s turbulent fourth year at Hogwarts and, on a budget of $150m, was cash well spent.

It topped the box office standings for 2005, narrowly fending off Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith and The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to take the gold medal.

2 Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix: $150million

Also made on a budget of $150m was The Order of the Phoenix. It’s the movie that introduces the repulsive Dolores Umbridge, sees Sirius Black tragically pass away, and also shows Harry extremely vulnerable as Lord Voldemort looks to isolate him and take control of the wizarding world while operating in the shadows.

The movie made more money than it’s predecessor, taking home $943,076,457 as opposed to the Goblet of Fire’s $897,099,794. However, it wasn’t the most successful movie of 2007 with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End triumphing in the box office battle instead.

1 Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince: $250 million

Topping this list – and by quite some distance – is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It’s certainly not the best movie in the series, with its questionable tone a major gripe among many fans. But it cost Warner Bros a sizeable $250million to create.

Part of the reason that the funds were so high was that the contracts of main characters were up for negotiation. Another was because many of the scenes involved CGI, which is no cheap business. It’s still an enjoyable enough movie but, for that money, fans should have got more bang for their buck. Especially when you consider just how good the book was.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-movies-ranked-by-budget/

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