The Most Expansive Movies of Last Decade

The 2009 summer movie season ended, with a record-breaking box office. But 2009 will also go down as the year with the most movies that cost $200 million or more. We've compiled the most expensive movies of the past decade. Here's a list of all the movies with production budgets of $170 million and over, for the past ten years. (We chose the threshold of $170 million because there were a ton of movies clustered around the $150 million-$160 million mark.) Movies that failed to make back their budget at the U.S. box office are underlined.

2009:
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince: $250 million Avatar: $237 million (according to AP)
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: $225 million (according to NY Post)
Terminator Salvation: $200 million
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of COBRA: $175 million Up: $175 million

2008:
Quantum Of Solace: $230.6 million
Prince Caspian: $225.6 million
Iron Man: 186.5 million
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull: $185.5 million
The Dark Knight: $185.5 million
Wall-E: $180.5 million

2007:
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End: $317.4 million
Spider-Man 3: $272.9 million
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials: $213.4 million
Rush Hour 3: $187.4 million

2006:
Superman Returns: $295.3 million
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: $223.1 million
X-Men: The Last Stand: $209.3 million Poseidon: $171.3 million

2005:
King Kong: $232.5 million
Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe: $197.6 million
Sahara: $176.8 million
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire: $150 million (2005 dollars)

2004:
Spider-Man 2: $232.2 million
Troy: $199.9 million
Van Helsing: $182.8 million
The Polar Express: $186.6 million
Alexander: $175.4 million

2003:
Terminator 3: $238.4 million
The Matrix: Reloaded: $176.7 million
Master And Commander: $175.6 million
The Matrix: Revolutions: $175.6 million

2000:
The Perfect Storm: $175.6 million

1999:
Wild Wild West: $221 million
The World Is Not Enough: $173.3 million
The 13th Warrior: $206.8 million