How did Francis Ford Coppola finance Megalopolis?

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Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background. — Francis Ford Coppola American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola won the Oscar for best director for *The Godfather: Part II* (1974).

Francis Ford Coppola financed his 2024 film Megalopolis by investing $120 million of his own money.1

This decision followed his long-standing history of producing his own work through his company, American Zoetrope, and his previous experience self-financing projects such as the 2007 drama Youth Without Youth. Due to the film's unconventional nature and the scale of the personal investment, Coppola reportedly faced significant challenges in securing a major studio to handle its distribution.1