47 Meters Down Budget

What is the budget of 47 Meters Down?

"47 Meters Down," a horror released in 2017, was directed by Johannes Roberts and stars Mandy Moore, Claire Holt. The production budget was $5,500,000, placing it in the low-budget range for horror productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

While specific budget breakdowns are not publicly available, typical cost drivers for a horror production like this include:

• Practical Effects, Prosthetics & Makeup: Horror productions invest disproportionately in practical effects , prosthetic applications, animatronics, blood and gore effects, and creature suits. A single hero creature suit can cost $50,000 to 200,000.
• Atmospheric Production Design & Cinematography: Creating dread through environment is essential. Abandoned locations must be secured and dressed, lighting rigs designed for shadow and tension, and sets built to enable specific camera movements and reveals.
• Sound Design & Score: Horror is arguably the most sound-dependent genre. Foley work, ambient textures, frequency manipulation, and jump-scare stingers require specialized sound designers working with unconventional techniques.
• Production: Principal photography took place in the Dominican Republic, and Pinewood Indomina Studios, Dominican Republic in July 2015, and concluded the following month.

What were the major cost factors in 47 Meters Down?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "47 Meters Down."

• Practical Effects: Practical Effects, Prosthetics & Makeup is one of the primary cost drivers in horror productions of this scale.
• Atmospheric Production Design: Atmospheric Production Design & Cinematography is one of the primary cost drivers in horror productions of this scale.
• Sound Design: Sound Design & Score is one of the primary cost drivers in horror productions of this scale.

How Does 47 Meters Down's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $5,500,000, 47 Meters Down sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• The Sting (1973): Budget $5,500,000, Worldwide Gross $159,616,327
• Show Dogs (2018): Budget $5,500,000, Worldwide Gross $38,830,219
• Akira (1988): Budget $5,700,000, Worldwide Gross $49,000,000
• Metropolis (1927): Budget $5,300,000, Worldwide Gross $1,350,322
• Riders of Justice (2020): Budget $5,300,000, Worldwide Gross $679,505

The median budget for wide-release horror films in the 2010s ranges from $30 to 80M for mid-budget to $150M+ for tentpoles.

47 Meters Down Box Office Performance

"47 Meters Down" earned $62,198,461 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $5,500,000, the film performed strongly at the box office.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "47 Meters Down," that break-even threshold was roughly $11,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $62,198,461, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

• Production Budget: $5,500,000
• Worldwide Gross: $62,198,461
• Net Return: $56,698,461
• ROI: approximately 1030.9%

At 1030.9%, "47 Meters Down" earned roughly $11.31 for every $1 invested in production.

Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "47 Meters Down doesn't take its terrifying premise quite as far as it should, but its toothy antagonists still offer a few thrills for less demanding genre enthusiasts." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.