whats prometheus official budget.

i think is a little insult to the original alien to make the equation BIG BUDGET = GREAT MOVIE ... remember that it was made with 8 millions ( around 30 millions of today dollars ) BTW we can assume that the budget of prometheus is something between 100 and 120 million dollars

Im pretty sure with the ppl making the film will make the Budget a bit less important to making a great movie. Budget is a key factor in producing a film, but the ppl making the film play a big role too

well thanks for the replies i agree with you both but when some stars can demand the absurd fees of 18+ million then its not really an insult or to question the kind of budget that a film has these days. Bear in mind that Sigourney weaver got 11 million dollars for alien 3 which is a third more again than the cost of the budget for the original film i find it intresting to see what a genius like ridley can do with a substantial budget. when you consider avatar was 200 million + and transformers 3... 250 million one wonders just what will 100 million do these days . Im 45 now and was 13 when the original came out and my uncle was on the effects team for the original alien so please dont presume i am naive enough to think that a large budget = a great movie i am just intrested and its a point of intrest as relevant as anything else .

BTW lets study the prometheus budget a bit better 1) I think Every actor work for Ridley Scott for a little less pay ..plus there are no greedy actors there , Pearce ( one that refused hollywood when he was young , just after LA confidential , to stay with his sister , wife and 2 cats in australia ), Theron and the others would PAY to work for ridley scott . That save to me 30-40 millions 2) Ridleys scott have so many links with ANY branch that is needed to make a movie ..and everyone will work for a little less ...he know where and how save the money 3) there is CGI but not alot ... and CGI today cost alot , more that pratical sets . 4) is enough to say that LOTR had a budget of 93 millions for the first movie , no big actors + wise use of resources + capable people

I went looking yesterday, on answers for this one, for hours. The best I got was this... Ridley asked for $250 Million. Fox said Make it PG rated and we may give you the money. Scott said one word..."NO". Fox said...O.K. think about it some more because we are not giving you $250 Mill for a movie with an R rating @ 14+ or higher...Lindelhof approached fox and told them with his new re-writes they could do this thing for considerably less and apparently the studio agreed with him and cut the budget down to between 100 and 150 Million..except...AND THIS IS A VERY BIG "EXCEPT"...there are now some serious reports including a recently concluded interview with "Empire" magazine which hasn't been printed yet and was leaked yesterday online {got a twitter notice about it}and is still circulating which indicates Scott finished this entire thing on a budget compromise with FOX of $200 million even, and not the 100-150 million that was being reported right up until the trailer leaked cam footage saw the light of day at Thanksgiving. This is all I have been able to find up until now that is in any way "credible"!!! The Empire article is due out any day now and in it they do indicate how secretive Scott has been and how he will not let anyone pin him down to an exact number right now, he's apparently keeping the exact number quite secretive at this time.