‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Budget Breakdown — The Tides Turn for DC

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is something of a strange, impromptu finale for the DCEU, but it's somewhat fitting that the cinematic universe is ending with a sequel to one of the franchise's most successful movies. Certainly one of the more entertaining films in the DCEU, the original Aquaman shattered expectations at the global box office, earning well over a billion dollars on a budget of only $160 million. With that, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has big fins to fill if it wants to get even close to that level of box office gold (especially given it has a marginally higher budget compared to its predecessor).