Chanel paid Nicole Kidman $3 million to act in this ad Youtube It's not a coincidence that only one of the following ads came out after the recession.

When the Association of National Advertisers polled members in 2009, a vast 93 percent of respondents said they had to cut costs. Another poll later that year, reported that more than half were cutting back on marketing and promotional programs.

Before the recession, however, companies like Chanel had no problem paying $33 million for a two-minute commercial in 2004, featuring actress Nicole Kidman and director Baz Lurhrmann.

Others big spenders include Guinness, which spent $16 million to create a domino effect through a small town in Argentina, and a British insurance company that paid $13 million for celebrities like Ringo Starr and Bruce Willis.

Now sit back and enjoy the most expensive reported production costs in the history of ads.