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Three of Disney's U.K.-made 'Star Wars' movies have been over budget (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty ... [+] Images)
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Few film franchises attract as much scrutiny of their finances from fans as Star Wars. Ever since Disney acquired the rightsholder to the sci-fi saga for $4 billion in 2012 fans have speculated that it was trying to buy its way into their hearts by throwing caution to the wind with its spending.
Their claims were supported by the colossal costs shown in regulatory filings from the United Kingdom, where all of Disney's Star Wars movies, and many of its streaming shows, were made. The blockbuster budgets demonstrated that Disney has gone all out on Star Wars but fans still lacked evidence that it had actually overspent. Until now.
The table below is the first-ever assessment of whether Disney's five Star Wars films stuck to their budgets. It reveals that the studio overspent on three of them with the remaining two finishing within their forecast cost and below it.
The budget status of Disney's U.K. 'Star Wars' productions
At the outset it’s important to stress the difference between the cost of a movie and its budget, even though these terms are often wrongly used interchangeably. Contrary to popular belief, the budget isn't the cost of a movie. If this was the case, it wouldn't possible for a film to be over or under budget. In fact, the budget is the sum that the studio allocates to it on its internal forecasts. The movie's cost is the amount that is actually spent on it. If this is higher than the budget the studio has to allocate further funds to it in order for production to continue.
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