Evan Almighty’s soaring budget redux

Evan Almighty’s soaring budget redux October 9, 2006

Two weeks ago, The New York Times made a passing reference to the fact that the production budget for the Steve Carell vehicle Evan Almighty has ballooned to $175 million. Today, the Los Angeles Times bases an entire story on this fact — looking at how expensive it can be to depict a biblical-style flood and a Noah-like effort to save hundreds of animals, etc., etc. — and adds that the costs could increase to $250 million in total once the marketing is taken into account. While the Times headline makes allusions to “biblical proportions”, Jeffrey Wells thinks comparisons to Waterworld (1995) might be more appropriate. FWIW, the previous record holder for most expensive comedy is Wild Wild West (1999), which cost $170 million and flopped.


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