After the Hunt Budget

What is the budget of After the Hunt?

"After the Hunt," a drama released in 2025, was directed by Luca Guadagnino and stars Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri. The production budget was $20,000,000, placing it in the mid-budget range for drama productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

• Above-the-Line Talent: Drama films live or die on the strength of their performances.
• Location Filming & Period Production Design: Authentic locations , whether contemporary or historical , require scouting, permits, travel, lodging, and often significant dressing to match the story's time period.
• Post-Production, Color Grading & Score: The editorial process for dramas is typically longer than genre films, with careful attention to pacing and tone.
• Production: Nora Garrett's screenplay was originally voted onto the Black List in 2023, an annual survey of the "most-liked" motion picture screenplays not yet produced.

What were the major cost factors in After the Hunt?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "After the Hunt."

• Above-the-Line Talent: Above-the-Line Talent is one of the primary cost drivers in drama productions of this scale.
• Location Filming: Location Filming & Period Production Design is one of the primary cost drivers in drama productions of this scale.
• Post-Production: Post-Production, Color Grading & Score is one of the primary cost drivers in drama productions of this scale.

How Does After the Hunt's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $20,000,000, After the Hunt sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• 12 Years a Slave (2013): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $187,000,000
• 21 Grams (2003): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $60,427,839
• 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $11,798,854
• A Guy Thing (2003): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $17,400,000
• A Most Violent Year (2014): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $12,007,070

The median budget for wide-release drama films in the 2020s ranges from $30 to 80M for mid-budget to $150M+ for tentpoles.

After the Hunt Box Office Performance

"After the Hunt" earned $3,258,830 domestically and $9,426,825 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $20,000,000, 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 "After the Hunt," that break-even threshold was roughly $40,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $9,426,825, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $20,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $9,426,825
• Net Return: −$10,573,175
• ROI: approximately -52.9%

At -52.9%, "After the Hunt" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Awards and Recognition

2 wins & 5 nominations total

Critical Reception

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C-" on an A+ to F scale.