The 1982 book Reel Facts has a list of "The Most Expensive Movies Ever
Made" (p50) which also includes production figures for the various films.
Though this doesn't quite help with films called the most expensive at the
actual time of their release and is obviously way out-dated, it's still
interesting.  For one thing, it mentions an Arabic film and also discusses
the Russian War & Peace which supposedly cost over $100 million but wasn't
included because it's not "Western-financed" (go figure).
 
Somehow this reminds me of the only surprising thing in the year-end review
in Entertainment Weekly, a Bob Dylan quote originally from Newsweek:  "The
top stars of today, you won't even know their names two years from now.
Five years from now, they'll be *obliterated*."
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