Ranking Spider-Man, Dune and More 2022 Oscar Nominees by Film Budget

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Hollywood’s most glamorous night of the year is this weekend. The 94th Academy Awards will be held on March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Many of your favorite A-listers will be in attendance, both as nominees and presenters at the prestigious ceremony. They’ll be dressed to the nines in their finest black-tie apparel, but their designer outfits won’t be the only big-budget focus of the evening.

Of course, all eyes will be on the Oscar-nominated films — many of which weren’t cheap to create. This year at least, the amount of money spent to make a movie doesn’t necessarily correlate with the number of nominations received.

Many films with smaller budgets actually received more nods than those that cost much more to make. However, several films with sky-high budgets also scored an impressive amount of nominations.

Curious where your favorite Oscar nominees rank? Keep reading to find out which film was the most expensive to bring to life.

22. ‘Flee’

Total Nominations: 3
Production Budget: $3.4 million
Categories Nominated: Best Animated Feature, Best International Feature, Best Documentary Feature

21. ‘The Lost Daughter’

Total Nominations: 3
Production Budget: $5 million
Categories Nominated: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay

20. ‘The Worst Person in the World’

Total Nominations: 2
Production Budget: $5.6 million
Categories Nominated: Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature

19. ‘CODA’

Total Nominations: 3
Production Budget: $10 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay

18. ‘Spencer’

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $20 million
Categories Nominated: Best Actress

17. ‘Cyrano’

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $30 million
Categories Nominated: Best Costume Design

16. ‘The Power of the Dog’

Total Nominations: 12
Production Budget: $39 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor (2), Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Sound

15. ‘Licorice Pizza’

Total Nominations: 3
Production Budget: $40 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay

14. ‘King Richard’

Total Nominations: 6
Production Budget: $50 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Original Song

12. ‘Nightmare Alley’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 4
Production Budget: $60 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design

12. ‘Coming 2 America’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $60 million
Categories Nominated: Best Makeup & Hairstyling

10. ‘House of Gucci’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $75 million
Categories Nominated: Best Makeup & Hairstyling

10. ‘Don’t Look Up’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 4
Production Budget: $75 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score

7. ‘West Side Story’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 7
Production Budget: $100 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Sound

7. ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machine’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $100 million
Categories Nominated: Best Animated Feature

7. ‘Cruella’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 2
Production Budget: $100 million
Categories Nominated: Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling

6. ‘Free Guy’

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $120 million
Categories Nominated: Best Visual Effects

5. ‘Encanto’

Total Nominations: 3
Production Budget: $150 million
Categories Nominated: Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score, Best Original Song

4. ‘Dune’

Total Nominations: 10
Production Budget: $165 million
Categories Nominated: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects

2. ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $200 million
Categories Nominated: Best Visual Effects

2. ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ (tie)

Total Nominations: 1
Production Budget: $200 million
Categories Nominated: Best Visual Effects

1. ‘No Time to Die’

Total Nominations: 3
Production Budget: $250 million
Categories Nominated: Best Original Song, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects

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Methodology: For this piece, GOBankingRates looked at the 2022 Academy Award nominations and found (1) movie title; (2) total nominations; and (3) categories nominated, all sourced from Variety’s round up of the nominations. Then, GOBankingRates found the (4) production budget for each film from contemporaneous sources. All data was collected on and up to date as of March 1, 2022. NOTE: Where a range was presented, GOBankingRates used the higher end of the range for ranking.