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The following off-screen dollar amounts reflect inflation from 1979 (the year of production & principal photography) adjusted for 2022: Permission to film in downtown Chicago was given after John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd offered to donate $50,000 to charity after filming. This comes out to $178,684.15 in 2022 adjusted for inflationProducers rented the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois, for the mall chase scenes. The mall had been closed for over a year. Rumors spread in the community that the mall was being refurbished, and would be reopened after filming was complete. Universal was later sued for over $87,000 ($310,910.42 in 2022 adjusted for inflation) for failure to "return the mall to its original condition", something that had never been agreed upon. After years of political wrangling, the Montgomery Ward anchor store and mall power plant were demolished, while the rest of the dead mall rotted. The rest of the mall was finally torn down and cleared away in 2012Universal had planned a gala Chicago premiere, but in May 1980, Universal president Ned Tanen said "Things threatened to get out of hand. Universal has decided instead to donate $50,000 ($178684.15 in 2022 adjusted for inflation) to charities, chiefly orphanages in Chicago." The film opened in Chicago at the Chicago Theater and 15 other Chicago-area theaters and drive-insAll the people in the concert were fans of the Blues Brothers. They had volunteered for a free concert, and were promised $100,000 cash. This comes out to $405,621.38When John Landis found out that film's budget was $17.5 million, he said, half-jokingly, "I think we've spent that much already." This comes out to $68,955,635.16At the time, it was one of the most expensive films ever made, costing $30 million. For comparison, Steven Spielberg's contemporary film 1941 - Allarme a Hollywood (1979) cost $35 million ($141,967,484.16). It was even rumored that Landis and Spielberg engaged in a rivalry, the goal of which was to make the more expensive film. Its been suggested that it was amiable, since they were both friends at the time and have cameos in each others film. Coincidentally, both films feature Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and John Candy. Unfortunately, Spielberg ended the friendship because of a fatal accident that occurred during filming Ai confini della realtà (1983), even though John Landis was acquitted in court of criminal charges.

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