Funding of Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire cost $15 million to make. (£8.7 million)

"Paul Smith, the chairman of Celador, which put up £7 million to finance Slumdog, said he was “extremely happy” with the American distribution deal. “The more successful the film is over there the more money will flow back into Britain,” he said, adding that he expected to make “close to £10 million profit”. Fox Searchlight and Warner Bros stand to clear around $40 million in profit from US ticket sales alone, industry sources said."


"The European Union (EU) on Monday took pride in funding the film "Slumdog Millionaire," which won the Best Picture and seven other Academy Awards.
The British film was co-funded under the EU's film support program MEDIA. "

"Slumdog Millionaire" received 830,000 euros (1 million U.S. dollars) from the MEDIA program for distribution in 2008 and 2009.The total budget of the film is estimated at 11 million euros (14 million dollars)."