Justin Becker from Boston's Dig compares the budget of Superman Returns to some interesting other monetary indulgences.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was good; and sure, it filled me with childlike wonder and all that shit. But Jesus Christ, do you know how much this thing cost? $260 million! To give you some perspective, for the same amount of money, Warner Brothers could have bought 11,981 brand new Kia Sedonas for every single person in New Providence, NJ. For the same amount of money, they could have bought two and a half cups of semen from Storm Cat, a thoroughbred stallion whose seed is the most valuable natural substance in the world at $500,000 per milliliter. For the same amount of money, they could have paid for two days of the Iraq War. Wait, Kias, horse semen and war? That’s it? You know what—fuck it. Make a Superman movie. Even if it’s not the best movie in the world, it’s better than the alternative.