As the scale and reach of their films has grown over the years, Disney films have also seen their budgets increase dramatically. Their first animated film, “Snow White,” had a budget of around $ 1.49 million (which works out to about $ 28.3 million after adjusting for inflation). Meanwhile, 2019’s “Frozen II” cost around $ 150 million.

However, there is one movie that surpasses them all in terms of cost – not just in the realm of Disney’s own history, but still the most expensive animated film ever made. The film in question is 2010’s “Tangled”, which cost an astronomical $ 260 million.

It’s not hard to see where the budget for this film has gone, with the animation being one of the most striking Disney ever produced – and as you can imagine, animating over 140,000 strands of hair is a real hit. expensive process. Additionally, the project had a slightly troubled production, with many rewrites and a complete change of focus before becoming the film it is today. Originally intended as a more sarcastic reimagining of the fairy tale (along the same lines as “Shrek”), supervising animator Glen Keane reworked the story to make it much more sincere.

The film represented a huge breakthrough for 21st century Disney, ushering in a new era for Disney princess films and paving the way for “Frozen”, “Moana” and “Raya and the Last Dragon”.