For James Gunn to be able to make Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 the way he wants it would have to have the most brutal budget of all Marvel Studios movies.
For now, the most expensive delivery of Marvel Studios is Avengers: Endgame (2019) since it cost approximately 356 million dollars. But it is normal, because it brought together a large number of Hollywood stars and had some impressive special effects. But it is clear that the investment worked well, since it is one of the highest grossing of all time exceeding 2,797 million dollars. Although that figure could remain small, since James Gunn I would have needed 500 million to make Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 to your liking, but it seems that you will not have as much money.
In a recent interview, James Gunn has revealed that his imagination almost always exceeds the technical possibilities of a shoot.
“I always innately think about budget while writing. Even something as budgeted as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 is still a struggle. You know, it’s still a struggle to make it on budget because you want a movie to be $500 million. If I had half a billion dollars, I could pretty much do what I want. That’s how hard it is. I always have to think about the budget and make tradeoffs because of the budget, but that often leads to good things. You are often forced to rethink something and have to come up with a creative solution.”
What budget will you have?
The first two installments he directed James Gunn in Marvel Studios cost $200 million each, but they may bump that number up a notch to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. Since now these heroes are some of the most beloved of the saga and this movie will be the epic finale of the trilogy. So you may have a lot more money at your disposal. In addition, it must be remembered that the 2014 and 2017 films grossed 1,635 million dollars between them and this third may be much more successful.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 will be released on May 6, 2023. While the rest of the deliveries of these characters can be seen in the Disney Plus streaming platform.