For a typical pixar/dreamworks movie, it takes about $1.25 million/per minute of film.
It can take a week just do 3 seconds of animation and all the labour is, of course, exceptionally talented and extremely expensive.
It can take a week just do 3 seconds of animation and all the labour is, of course, exceptionally talented and extremely expensive.
Not doubting you, but do you have a source for this?
Puss in Boots, for example was $130 million and Kung Fu Panda 2 was around $150 million. So you're looking at 1.25m to 1.5m per minute.