A24’s Elden Ring Film Reportedly Costs Nearly $200 Million

A24’s planned Elden Ring film has a reported production budget of nearly $200 million, which would make it the studio’s most expensive movie to date. The estimate comes from people familiar with the matter, and has not been presented as an official budget figure. The film, directed by Alex Garland, adapts the fantasy video game. A24 is planning a theatrical release on March 3, 2028. The reported budget places the project near the scale of major studio productions and marks a substantial increase from earlier reports that put the cost at more than $100 million. A24’s previous most expensive film was Marty Supreme, whose budget was reported at about $70 million. At nearly $200 million, Elden Ring’s reported cost is close to three times that amount. Garland’s Civil War, another of the studio’s previous high-budget projects, was reported to have cost about $50 million. The figure has been reported by multiple publications, but those accounts trace back to the same Wall Street Journal report, which cited unnamed people familiar with the film’s budget. It is therefore an estimate attributed to those sources, rather than independently documented production spending. The film’s cast...