{"id":980595,"date":"2025-10-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=980595"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:03:51","slug":"star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-third-most-expensive-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/movies\/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-third-most-expensive-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Is Now the Third Most Expensive Movie Ever Made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Six years after its release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/disney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney<\/a> has officially confirmed that the final cost of S<em>tar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/em> has reached an eye-watering $593.7 million. This makes it the third most expensive film ever made, just behind <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em> and <em>Jurassic World: Dominion<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The figure, within Reylo kissing distance of $600 million, now includes total production costs. It\u2019s a wild amount of money to spend on a film, albeit a blockbuster trilogy-capper, but it would arguably be easier to swallow if the movie had been, well, good (other opinions are available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ad-dog__cnx-container\"><script id=\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\">\n\t\t\tcnx.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tcnx({\n\t\t\t\t\tplayerId: \"106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t}).render(\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\");\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>There are also plenty of caveats to the figure, and they\u2019re detailed over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/carolinereid\/2025\/10\/13\/cost-of-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-approaches-600-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a>. Basically, thanks to a mix of U.K. tax incentives, staggered financial statement filings, and reduced time spent on post-production efforts like reshoots and editing, the movie may not have actually lost Disney money. However, we don\u2019t really know if it <em>made<\/em> them much money either, as they tend to be tight-lipped about that kind of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A billion and change at the box office sounds like a decent profit on $593.7 million, but Forbes guesstimates that <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Rise of Skywalker<\/a><\/em> only scraped a $48.6 million profit there. Home entertainment and merch sales add some coins to the pot, but then marketing costs drain some away again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film, directed by J.J. Abrams, was the final installment of the Skywalker saga and aimed to conclude the trilogy that began with <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> in 2015. Despite high expectations, <em>The Rise of Skywalker<\/em> received mixed reviews from critics and audiences, leading to endless discussions about it. If you\u2019ve strayed near any <em>Rise of Skywalker<\/em> comment section either before or since its release, you\u2019ll likely have also seen at least one person blaming Rian Johnson\u2019s previous installment, <em>The Last Jedi<\/em>, for some of <em>Skywalker<\/em>\u2019s problems. <em>Jedi<\/em> may have left Lucasfilm in a somewhat odd narrative spot with the trilogy, but certainly not odd enough to justify most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/movies\/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-divisive-twist-wasnt-planned-kylo-ren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story decisions in <em>Skywalker<\/em><\/a> (again, other opinions are available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the release of <em>Skywalker<\/em>, Lucasfilm has announced a string of movies, and the majority have so far come to nothing. They have definitely found further success on streaming with shows like <em>The Mandalorian<\/em>, and it\u2019s Mando and his wee green sprog that have paved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/star-wars\/\">Star Wars<\/a>\u2019 path back to the multiplex with <em>The Mandalorian &amp; Grogu<\/em> in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six years after its release, Disney has officially confirmed that the final cost of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has reached an eye-watering $593.7 million. This makes it the third most expensive film ever made, just behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jurassic World: Dominion.&nbsp; The figure, within Reylo kissing distance of $600 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":713057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"dog_exclude_from_homepage":false,"dog_do_not_display_featured_image":false,"dog_external_link":"","dog_product_price":0,"dog_product_button_label":"Buy 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