How much would the adventures of action movies cost if they were real?

The great thing about action movies is that the whole focus on things exploding, collapsing buildings and ships traveling through space causes people to have fun and not worry about whether that would really be possible in real life or not.

The question is: what if it was? If we really could create a "Star Wars" Death Star or did we have to get a citizen like Matt Damon out of all the trouble he gets into? The amount of technological items needed for an interstellar rescue, the cost of rebuilding all the buildings that are destroyed, could all cost the world a lot of money.

WARNING: We're talking about movies, so there could be some lost spoiler out there. Proceed with caution!

We have put together in a list, then, what would be the costs that would arise if some situations decided to leave the screens to happen in the real world:

10 - The Tony Stark Cost of Living

It's impossible to talk about money in the world of fiction and heroes without talking about Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark. Specifically about Iron Man, known for boasting all his fortune in both comic books and film adaptations of his stories, his cost of living and the value of his heritage are constant targets of research and comparisons - after all, who doesn't. would you like to have mannerist armor like his and an assistant like Jarvis?

One of the most recent surveys by MoneySupermarket.com showed that the value of all 42 different Stark-built armor appearing in the hero's last movie is $ 7 billion. ).

Adding this to the development of an artificial intelligence system like Jarvis (approximately $ 40 million), the huge mansion in Malibu ($ 100 million), all the magnate's cars ($ 6.8 million) and some other assets., the value to be Tony Stark is around $ 40.1 billion - considering only the three films of the hero. Not bad, no?

9 - "Bond, James Bond"

Facing international terrorist organizations and saving the world apparently requires a rather particular set of items: a good suit, a supercar, and countless technological gadgets that will save your life sooner or later. This is the life of James Bond and of course not cheap.

Tech Insider has raised the values ​​of some items used by Agent 007 in his latest movie, "Specter": only the glasses he uses - two pairs - sell for around $ 3, 500. Already the white tuxedo and the black jacket of Tom Ford leave for R $ 17.5 thousand and R $ 8.8 thousand, respectively. The turtleneck is a N.Peal that costs $ 1, 200 - who has the guts to pay for a turtleneck !?

Gadgets and accessories also impress. Starting with a Sony RX100 IV camera that Agent Moneypenny uses, from over $ 3, 700, going through the Sony Xperia Z5 smartphone, which here in Brazil costs between $ 3, 500 and $ 4, 200, and coming to Bond's Omega Seamaster 300 watch, which comes out for no less than $ 30, 000 - that's the mundane version, which only shows the time.

Not even the drinks go unnoticed: the Belvedere vodka used in the 007 martinis is a limited edition that costs $ 160. Less ethyl but proportionately expensive is the Aston Martin DB10 used by Daniel Craig's character: the vehicle is expected to be auctioned for approximately R $ 6 million.

With one more gadget here and there, the total cost of keeping an agent like James Bond on a mission is worth $ 12 million. It is important to emphasize that this money would come out of English tax payments, who should not even want to know how much it would cost to keep Bond in his other 23 films.

8 - Hogwarts Real Estate

Without leaving Britain, real estate speculation does not even forgive the premises of fiction. The Movoto real estate website has released material showing the estimated value of Hogwarts structure based on three principles: location, size of the area and comparison with similar buildings.

If the books don't say where Hogwarts is, the guys have come up with a very interesting theory: the train that goes to the place leaves London at 11 am, traveling at 105 km / h to reach its destination when the sun is setting. Considering logistics, there is only one place where the Hogwarts Express might have gone: Scotland.

From what can be seen in the young wizard's films, the landscape refers to a very specific region of the country, called Galloway Hills. The price per square meter in this area is nearly $ 2, 000, and Hogwarts is situated on a plot of approximately 11.3 hectares.

With some other accounts made by Corss, the total space is 38, 000 square meters - not to mention the special rooms, the Quidditch pitch and everything. In short, considering only the main building, the terrain and the towers, Hogwarts equity is valued at around $ 815 million - more than three times the highest total amount paid by Mega-Sena here in Brazil.

7 - Godzilla disastrous and clumsy

The Japanese lizard is already experienced in destroying cities, wreaking havoc and tearing down buildings since the 1950s. In 1998, it gained an American adaptation that many people today have only as a bad memory of a horrible movie.

Still, the folks at CinemaSins and VSauce 3 were brave to watch over again to account for the giant reptile wrecked in their New York adventures, and missed nothing: from buildings and military vehicles to fire hydrants and little packages. of sweets, absolutely everything was taken into account.

Just the USS Anchorage military ship that is sunk by Godzilla already makes the cost reach $ 4.4 billion. MetLife and Chrysler buildings, which are also destroyed in the film, cost $ 2.3 billion and $ 760 million each, respectively.

Considering Madison Square Garden, the Brooklyn Bridge, all the cars, subway damage, and even a fishing rod, the total value of the big lizard's visit to the United States was around $ 13.2 billion, which, adjusted for inflation, reach almost R $ 20 billion. Definitely, Godzilla would not be a desired visitor by any country.

6 - Saving humanity (and paying dearly for it)

Without leaving Manhattan - after all, most attempts to end humanity happen there - the Avengers had, in 2012, the difficult mission of saving everyone. Of course, when you are fighting an imminent threat to the human race, you will hardly consider the side cost of it, but someone has to do the math, right?

The people of Kinetic Analysis Corp. estimated that the physical damage resulting from the battle between heroes and the Chitauri army could be between $ 60 billion and $ 70 billion (plus $ 240 billion and $ 280 billion), plus repair costs, human losses and financial impact, repelling the Earth invasion would cost $ 160 billion, or $ 640 billion. That is more than what was spent on recovering the September 11 ($ 83 billion) and Hurricane Katrina ($ 90 billion) attacks.

5 - Prehistoric fun has its price

So would you like to go for a walk around a park full of dinosaurs? So know that creating Jurassic Park in real life would not be cheap - the subject was even addressed in the last movie of the saga.

The first structure, created there in 1993, is located on two islands near Costa Rica. Only the land, in this case, would already cost $ 40 billion to be acquired. Popular this area with professionals focused on the creation and maintenance of the park and animals adds $ 32 million to the bill.

Simply raising the dinosaurs would be a rather costly task: for the 50 species that roamed the Jurassic Park, the cost would be about $ 34 million - which is not so much if you stop to think. The absurd part is the $ 36 million that would be spent to find the infamous mosquito with the DNA needed to recreate the animals.

Construction of the park, according to Fandango Movieclips staff, would cost approximately R $ 6 billion, based on the costs of “proportionate” amusement parks that exist today. In the end, there is still the expense of care of friendly reptiles, which should be around $ 828 million per year.

That is, to build a Jurassic park, you would have to pay $ 94 billion, plus $ 48 billion a year to keep the whole thing going until a disaster strikes and T-Rex runs away and eats everyone (court costs). for this situation were not accounted for, unfortunately).

4 - Superman and his super account

If the Man of Steel decided to pursue his fight with General Zod off-screen, it would not just be the financial market that would suffer - although the total figure for repairing the fray's damage is not at all modest. In fact, the battle between Superman and Zod is said to be one of the most destructive of all hero films to date.

The total damage accumulated a loss of an impressive $ 3 trillion, victimizing 129, 000 people, disappearing with (and perhaps killing) another 250, 000, apart from countless injuries. The destruction caused by the heroic bullshit is equivalent to the explosion of an atomic bomb.

After all was finished, cleaned and recovered, the result of the situation could easily reach $ 8 trillion. More love and less bullshit, guys - fighting can be too expensive.

3 - Making Elon Musk ashamed (and getting rich at the same time)

How much would it cost to build a spaceship? What if she was, more specifically, the "Star Trek" USS Enterprise? This is what the people at Gizmodo tried to find out by lifting the necessary materials.

The Enterprise is gigantic: 725 meters long, 191 meters high and the gigantic disk is 305 meters in diameter. Only material we are talking about $ 50 billion. To send this set into space - because it is worthless to have it all in steel if it is not assembled - the SpaceX shipping service, with its Falcon Heavy, would go for a mere $ 1.8 trillion.

With the steel in space, it is time to assemble the ship and fill it with cool gear such as replicators and holodeck, which would cost $ 1.2 billion and $ 26 million each.

Adding to the Enterprise defense system with missiles, nuclear warheads and torpedoes, which would cost $ 24 billion, plus the $ 12 billion of crew and supplies, the total cost of having a USS Enterprise would be $ 1, 9 trillion - the equivalent of Norway's GDP.

2 - A Death Star to call your own

What if you live across the street and instead of enjoying Star Trek, you prefer Star Wars? Well, you could create a Death Star to call yours, with some important remarks.

According to economics students at Lehigh University in the United States, only the outside of the huge 140-kilometer-diameter craft would need 1.08 trillion tons of steel - which would take 830, 000 years to produce on today's industry scale. worldwide.

The cost of this, in addition to time, is $ 852 billion, which is ... Well, a lot of money if converted to reais - more specifically 13, 000 times the world GDP in 2013. Remember: we're just talking about “ shell ”of his Death Star, without considering engines, electronics, internal structures, anything else.

Yeah, maybe it's not that easy.

1 - Matt Damon's Rescue

Good thing there is no real-world guy like the characters Matt Damon experienced on the small screen.

In the role of physician Andrew Ilario in "Courage under Fire, " he needed an emergency helicopter rescue that would cost $ 1.2 million. While living the soldier James Francis Ryan in "The Rescue of Private Ryan", the displacement of a rescue squad would leave R $ 400 thousand. The private flight to get you out of the Middle East in Syriana? Another $ 2 million, same amount that would have to be disbursed to get it from Baghdad in "Green Zone" - totaling $ 4 million.

If another continent is not far enough, there goes the boy into space: in "Elysium", the cost of sending it to the space station and the damage resulting from the adventure comes for $ 400 million. From there, he needs to be rescued from Mars in “Lost on Mars, ” a $ 800 billion operation.

Evacuating Earth as it happens in "Titan AE" adds another $ 800 billion to the total, in addition to the ship used by him in "Interstellar", which closes the calculation with another $ 2 trillion. In all, Matt Damon's misadventures would cost more than $ 3.6 trillion.

So, Matt, stay home - otherwise, building the Death Star will become a very plausible option.

Via TecMundo.

* Posted on 01/14/2016