Synopsis

D.C. (Johnny Knoxville) is the crackpot owner of Action Point, a low-rent, out-of-control amusement park with dangerous rides. Just as D.C.'s estranged teenage daughter Boogie (Eleanor Worthington Cox) comes to visit, a corporate mega-park opens nearby and jeopardizes the future of Action Point. To save his beloved theme park and his relationship with his daughter, D.C. and the Action Point staff risk everything to pull out all the stops..

What is the budget of Action Point?

"Action Point," a comedy released in 2018, was directed by Tim Kirkby and stars Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius. The production budget was $19,000,000, placing it in the low-budget range for comedy productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

Talent Salaries & Producing Deals: Established comedic talent can command $15 to 20 million per film, with top-tier stars earning even more through producing credits and backend deals.
Production & Location Filming: While comedies generally avoid the VFX costs of action films, location shooting in recognizable cities or exotic locales adds meaningful production expense.
Marketing & P&A (Prints & Advertising): Comedies rely heavily on marketing to build opening-weekend momentum.
Production: Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa on a $19 million budget.

What were the major cost factors in Action Point?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Action Point."

Talent Salaries: Talent Salaries & Producing Deals is one of the primary cost drivers in comedy productions of this scale.
Production: Production & Location Filming is one of the primary cost drivers in comedy productions of this scale.
Marketing: Marketing & P&A (Prints & Advertising) is one of the primary cost drivers in comedy productions of this scale.

How Does Action Point's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $19,000,000, Action Point sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

A Cinderella Story (2004): Budget $19,000,000, Worldwide Gross $70,067,909
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011): Budget $19,000,000, Worldwide Gross $36,192,775
12 Years a Slave (2013): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $187,000,000
127 Hours (2010): Budget $18,000,000, Worldwide Gross $35,700,000
21 Grams (2003): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $60,427,839

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

Action Point Box Office Performance

"Action Point" earned $5,059,608 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $19,000,000, the film faced challenges in theatrical release. Home video, streaming, and ancillary revenue may have contributed to its overall performance.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "Action Point," that break-even threshold was roughly $38,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $5,059,608, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

Production Budget: $19,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $5,059,608
Net Return: −$13,940,392
ROI: approximately -73.4%

At -73.4%, "Action Point" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Awards and Recognition

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Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 16% based on 50 reviews, and an average rating of . The site's critical consensus simply reads, "Ouch." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.