You have the same thing in both types of movie so any comparison on either side with regards to that point cancels out.With a "normal" movie, you pretty much take 50% of the budget (but extra, so it makes the movie 150%) and that accounts for the advertising. Commercials aren't cheap. Especially not a LOT of them. Super bowl commercials are even more.
Tangledcost $260 million, Cars 2: $200 million, Brave: $180 millionThese CGI don't draw themselves! Looking at some other CGI movies, Rio 2: $100 million, Mr Peabody and Sherman: $145 million, Frozen: $150 million.
This is Hollywood acting like big government with money. There is no way animated movies should cost as much as movies with hundreds of actors, support staff, real life sets and on location shooting.Tangledcost $260 million, Cars 2: $200 million, Brave: $180 million
Probably has to deal with licensing. You still have to pay all the actual actors. Background people usually work for free or close to it in real movies. Then you pay the animators by the hour (probably expensive as fuck) and it all makes sense. Oh. Then each one of those movies has it's own sound track specifically made for the movie. It really adds up.This is Hollywood acting like big government with money. There is no way animated movies should cost as much as movies with hundreds of actors, support staff, real life sets and on location shooting.