$60 million budget? That's it? They built a terminal?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Terminal

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pseu-do-nym — 11 years ago(July 10, 2014 07:40 PM)

How is the budget for this film only $60 million? It has a-list director, screenwriter, and main stars. On top of that they built a functional terminal. Isn't $60 million really low?

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christopher_dang — 11 years ago(July 10, 2014 08:36 PM)

They didn't build an airport, the movie was filmed in an actual airport, they just supplemented it with extra sets.

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pseu-do-nym — 11 years ago(July 11, 2014 06:34 AM)

"Steven Spielberg traveled around the world to find an actual airport that would let him film for the length of the production, but could not find one. The Terminal set was built in a massive hangar at the LA/Palmdale Regional Airport."

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christopher_dang — 11 years ago(July 11, 2014 06:46 AM)

"Everything functioned in the set as in real life. There was real food, ice cream and coffee in the appropriate outlets. The escalators were purchased from a department store that had gone bankrupt. Each of the outlets featured in the concourse building was actually sponsored by the real company."
I assume based on this quote that massive sponsorship by the respective stores helped fund the set.

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BrianRaess_Is_FinallyGone — 11 years ago(January 17, 2015 08:09 PM)

"that massive sponsorship by the respective stores helped fund the set."
Which doesn't change the OPs question. He didn't ask where the $60 million came from.

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QcLoser — 10 years ago(December 17, 2015 01:05 PM)

That cant be accurate they filmed some of the movie at Mirabel Airport in Montreal I met both Tom and steven when they were in town shooting it
It was huge news over here at the time

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joestl — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 04:18 PM)

They built a terminal but they did it in a warehouse on the grounds of an airport so maybe they borrowed alot of the stuff to build the sets from stuff that was going to get used in a real terminal.

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stevenvh — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 07:07 AM)

It's a rather large set, but it's the only set they needed. Except for a few shots near the end everything was filmed on this set. Other films with similar budgets may have a couple dozen of elaborate sets constructed.
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