Henry Reel on Instagram: "$195 million. That was the production budget for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, excluding another $100 million in global marketing. Every explosion, wrecked car, and collapsing skyscraper came with a massive price tag. The film’s Chicago battle sequence alone — packed with hundreds of vehicles and large-scale pyrotechnics — cost an estimated $8–10 million to film. The cast’s salaries took another major cut of the budget: Shia LaBeouf earned about $15 million, while sup