It’s no secret that celebrities love to splurge — especially on their big day. Here’s a look back at some of the most expensive and lavish weddings of all time:
1. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s recent wedding in Venice, Italy, reportedly cost $50 million in total. The three-day affair, which saw heaps of celebrity guests in attendance, came after Lauren threw a rumored $625,000 bachelorette party.
2. Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola’s 1993 nuptials cost an estimated $500,000, per Forbes. The singer wore a stunning Vera Wang gown with a 27-foot train as she celebrated in style with their 300 guests.
3. In 1999, David and Victoria Beckham tied the knot in a stunning castle near Dublin, Ireland, which reportedly cost $800,000.
4. One of the most famously extravagant weddings in celeb history was Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s, which reportedly cost $1 million and featured a wall of caviar and a performance from Billy Preston.
5. Kim Kardashian’s wedding dress alone reportedly cost $500,000 when she married Kanye “Ye” West in 2014. The ceremony? Almost $3 million.
6. Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom’s 2009 wedding apparently cost $1 million, while her ring was a $850,000 12.5-carat diamond.
7. Not only did Russell Brand gift Katy Perry a literal tiger when they got married in 2010, but the actual wedding — which was held in a tiger sanctuary — reportedly set the pair back over $2 million.
8. Being that she’s the daughter of a literal billionaire, Nelson Peltz, it’s unsurprising that Nicola Peltz’s 2022 wedding to Brooklyn Beckham cost an estimated $4 million. The event took place on her father’s $103m estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
9. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s multi-day wedding celebrations broke the internet in 2018. The celebrations were estimated to cost over $800,000.
10. Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise tied the knot inside Italy’s 15th-century Odescalchi Castle, Bracciano, in 2006. The lavish ceremony reportedly cost over $3 million and featured a performance from Andrea Bocelli and multiple outfit changes.
11. Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello’s 2015 wedding at Breakers Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, reportedly cost roughly $4 million, while decorations alone cost $1 million.
On the contrary, several celebs have opted to keep their big day super low-key:
1. Dax Shepard once proudly revealed that his and Kristen Bell’s wedding — which took place at the Beverly Hills County Clerk’s office in 2013 — cost just $142, including gas. “Friends of ours came to the courthouse, and it was just Kristen and I at this lonely courthouse, so they brought us this cake afterwards: ‘The World’s Worst Wedding,’” he said.
2. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s 100 guests didn’t even know that they were attending their wedding, after the invite simply asked them to join the couple for “a party.” Sarah recalled, “We treated it like it was a big party on a Monday night, and I regret it,” before later admitting that she’d do things differently a second time around. “I’d wear a beautiful, proper wedding dress like I should have worn that day,” she said.
3. Ed Sheeran purportedly married his childhood friend Cherry Seaborn in a quiet ceremony at his country estate, with just 40 of their closest family and friends in attendance.
5. Raven-Symoné and Miranda Pearman-Maday memorably decided to get married during the COVID-19 quarantine. Their ceremony, which was held in actor Debbie Allen’s yard, was only attended by a handful of their close friends and lasted just an hour. “We were in and out,” Miranda recalled.
6. Joined by just their closest family and friends, Penn Badgley and Domino Kirke got married in an intimate courthouse ceremony in 2017. A few months later, they celebrated a second time with a celebrity-studded reception.
7. And finally, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden memorably tied the knot at their home in a quiet ceremony in 2015. Per People, the couple set up a large tent in their backyard, which they decorated with candles and flowers.
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