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The Most Expensive Movies Of The Past Decade 
io9 | by Charlie Jane Anders | Mon, Sep 21
Mon, Sep 21
One thing jumps out at me: There were apparently no budget busting movies in 2000, 2001 or 2002. Apparently the first X-Men movie, which came out in 2000, had a budget of only about $75 million. And the Star Wars prequels, hideous though they were, were apparently on the cheap side, costing ar...
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