ISRO built Chandrayaan-3 for $75 million, cheaper than film Oppenheimer's budget

Cost of Chandrayaan-3 Vs Production cost of recent Hollywood movies

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What India spent on Chandrayaan-3

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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

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Fast X (2023)

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

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Mission Impossible 7 (2023)

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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

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Oppenheimer (2023)

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Cost of Chandrayaan-3 Vs Production cost of recent Hollywood movies

What India spent on Chandrayaan-3

What India spent on Chandrayaan-3

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Production Cost: $400 million

Estimated production cost of Hollywood films

Estimated production cost of Hollywood films

Fast X (2023)

Production Cost: $340 million

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Production Cost: $294 million

Mission Impossible 7 (2023)

Production Cost: $290 million

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Production Cost: $250 million

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Production Cost: $250 million

Oppenheimer (2023)

Production Cost: $100 million

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