List of most expensive non-English-language films
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This is a non-definitive list of most expensive non-English-language films, with budgets given in United States dollars. Only films with budgets exceeding US$30 million are listed here. Where the source gives the budget in the native currency, conversion is carried out using the exchange rates for the year of release as given by the Internal Revenue Service (since 2017) and The World Factbook (prior to 2017). In the absence of the exact year the closest year is used instead.
Tables
List of most expensive non-English-language films · List
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China
Role(s)
Mandarin, English
Notes
2011
| Title | Country | Primary language(s) | Year | Production costs (est.) |
| The Battle at Lake Changjin | China | Mandarin | 2021 | $200,000,000 |
| Monster Hunt 2 | China | Mandarin | 2018 | $143,000,000 |
| Detective Chinatown 3 | China | Mandarin | 2021 | $117,000,000 |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | France | French | 2008 | $113,500,000 |
| Asura | China | Mandarin | 2018 | $100,000,000 |
| The Flowers of War | China | Mandarin, English, Japanese | 2011 | $94,000,000 |
| The Rescue | China | Mandarin | 2020 | $90,000,000 |
| The Monkey King 3 | Hong Kong | Mandarin | 2018 | $87,300,000 |
| Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie | France | French | 2023 | $100,000,000 |
| Red Cliff | China | Mandarin | 2008 | $80,000,000 |
| The Eight Hundred | China | Mandarin | 2020 | $80,000,000 |
| Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia | France | French | 2012 | $78,000,000 |
| The Three Musketeers: D'ArtagnanThe Three Musketeers: Milady | France, Germany, Spain, Belgium | French | 2023 | $78,000,000 |
| Kalki 2898 AD | India | Telugu | 2024 | $75,000,000 |
| RRR | India | Telugu | 2021 | mw- $74,400,000 |
| Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom | France | French | 2023 | $72,400,000 |
| Dragon Blade | China | Mandarin, English, Latin, Turkic | 2015 | $65,000,000 |
| Kung Fu Yoga | China, Hong Kong, India | Mandarin, English, Hindi | 2017 | $65,000,000 |
| Air Strike | China | Mandarin, English | 2018 | $65,000,000 |
| Society of the Snow | Spain | Spanish | 2023 | $65,000,000 |
| Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2 | China | Mandarin | 2017 | $64,000,000 |
| Detective Chinatown 2 | China | Mandarin | 2018 | $63,000,000 |
| The Mermaid | China | Mandarin | 2016 | $60,700,000 |
| Adipurush | India | Hindi, Telugu | 2023 | $60,500,000 |
| Mesrine | France | French, Spanish, English | 2008 | $60,000,000 |
| The Monkey King | China, Hong Kong | Mandarin, Cantonese | 2014 | $60,000,000 |
| The Monkey King 2 | Hong Kong, China | Mandarin | 2016 | $60,000,000 |
| Pushpa 2: The Rule | India | Telugu | 2024 | $59,700,000 |
| Hi, Mom | China | Mandarin | 2021 | $58,900,000 |
| 2.0 | India | Tamil | 2018 | $58,500,000–$83,300,000 |
| Che | United States, France, Spain | Spanish, English | 2008 | $58,000,000 |
| Shanghai Fortress | China | Mandarin | 2021 | $57,000,000 |
| A Very Long Engagement | France | French | 2004 | $56,600,000 |
| Monster Hunt | China | Mandarin | 2015 | $56,000,000 |
| Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | India | Hindi | 2022 | $52,200,000 |
| Sur la piste du Marsupilami | France | French | 2012 | $50,800,000 |
| Railroad Tigers | China | Mandarin | 2016 | $50,000,000 |
| The Wandering Earth | China | Mandarin | 2019 | $50,000,000 |
| Okja | South Korea, United States | Korean, English | 2017 | $50,000,000 |
| The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Japan | Japanese | 2013 | $49,300,000 |
| Viy 2: Journey to China | Russia, China | Russian, English | 2019 | $49,100,000 |
| Gone with the Bullets | China | Mandarin | 2014 | $48,800,000 |
| The Crossing | China | Mandarin, Japanese | 2014 | $48,600,000 |
| Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar | France | French | 1999 | $48,000,000 |
| Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | France | French | 2002 | $47,000,000 |
| The Greatest of All Time | India | Tamil | 2024 | $47,800,000 |
| Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | France | French | 2004 | $46,400,000 |
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec | France | French | 2010 | $46,000,000 |
| Pinocchio | Italy | Italian | 2002 | $45,000,000 |
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