The interviewer isn’t entirely sure he buys the higher number, as $3 million is the number that has been generally accepted, including by those who are suing him over financial issues, but Depp says it was $5 million.
Various numbers had been bandied about regarding what it cost for Depp to blast the ashes of his friend “into the fucking sky.”
Apparently, according to the explanation in Rolling Stone, Johnny Depp decided he wanted the arc of the ashes to be higher than the Statue of Liberty, and adding this stipulation increased the cost of the stunt.