News Summary

• Cleopa­tra cost Twen­ti­eth Cen­tu­ry Fox $44 mil­lion, by the stu­dio’s own esti­mate.
• The most expen­sive film ever made up to that point, it remained an indus­try sym­bol.
• It took five months to film on the largest set ever built at that time, with 1,500 extras in its stands.
• And yet, these six decades lat­er, the invest­ment seems to have proven sound.