Overview
- Fortune’s analysis of Arcadia Pictures’ U.K. filings published this week shows Jurassic World: Dominion’s total production cost at $658.8 million, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- The filings record a £99.5 million ($127.8 million) Audio‑Visual Expenditure Credit rebate that lowered Universal’s net outlay to about $531 million.
- Production began in early 2020 and the budget swelled because of COVID-era safety protocols, long delays, extended cast quarantines, and the cost of holding stages and equipment.
- The statements list staff and local spending details: an average peak of 454 monthly U.K. employees and roughly $36.2 million paid to U.K. staff, numbers made public by the U.K. rebate rules.
- The disclosure matters for studios and locations because U.K. filings force detailed cost transparency, which could shape where blockbusters shoot, how they budget, and how proposals such as tariffs on foreign-made films might alter that model.