Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for A Million Miles Away (2023) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Michael Peña, Rosa Salazar, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Veronica Falcón, Juanpi Monterrubio, Garret Dillahunt DIRECTOR: Alejandra Márquez Abella MUSIC: Camilo Lara PRODUCTION: Select Films, Redrum, Amazon MGM Studios

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for A Million Miles Away (2023). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

In July 2022, Amazon Studios acquired the distribution rights to the film, which was previously in development at Netflix. The studio would later switch it to a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release following the formation of Amazon MGM Studios Distribution in 2023. Filming took place in Mexico City.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 6 wins & 7 nominations total

Additional Recognition: The film was the recipient of the 2024 Movieguide Awards' Faith & Freedom Award for Television.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 54 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Thanks in part to a pair of appealing lead performances, A Million Miles Away is one inspirational biopic that mostly avoids heavy-handed gimmicks." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

The New York Times wrote that the film was "[b]eautifully shot and interspersed with historical footage of migrant workers and spacecraft launches", stating that its "most effective and touching scenes revolve around the family relationships", while also noting that "the grit narrative at times becomes a bit heavy-handed".