Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for After Yang (2022) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Haley Lu Richardson, Sarita Choudhury DIRECTOR: Kogonada CINEMATOGRAPHY: Benjamin Loeb MUSIC: Aska Matsumiya PRODUCTION: A24, Cinereach, Per Capita Productions

Box Office Performance

After Yang earned $46,872 domestically and $84,593 internationally, for a worldwide total of $131,465. Revenue was split 36% domestic / 64% international.

Detailed Box Office Notes

In the United States and Canada, After Yang earned an estimated $46,872 from twenty-four theaters in its opening weekend. Internationally, the film grossed $625,282 for a worldwide total of $672,154,

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

In June 2018, it was reported that producer Theresa Park had acquired screen rights to Saying Goodbye to Yang, a short story written by Alexander Weinstein, which would be written and directed as a film by Kogonada. In February 2019, it was announced that Colin Farrell would star in After Yang, which would be distributed by A24. In April 2019, Golshifteh Farahani, Justin H. Min, Sarita Choudhury, and Haley Lu Richardson joined the cast. In May 2019, Jodie Turner-Smith and Clifton Collins Jr. joined the cast, with Turner-Smith replacing Farahani. Principal photography began on May 1, 2019.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 13 wins & 31 nominations total

Awards Won: ★ Alfred P. Sloan Prize

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Writing for The New York Times, Brandon Yu described the film as an existential crisis for humanity that asked the viewer to evaluate what it means to be alive. Polygons Leo Kim stated the film considers many issues, including "a testament on loss, an examination of our reliance on technology, and a deeply human story about care". Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote the characters in the film live in a "soft techno-fascism of petty pleasures and alluring surfaces that Kogonada boldly, slyly renders appealing." David Sims from The Atlantic wrote the film asked what it means to be human in a world filled with technology, and that "the result is a pensive drama that plays like a quiet mystery, seeking to understand not just its human protagonist but the deeper underpinnings of all social connections."

In 2023, IndieWire ranked it at number 9 on its list of "The 55 Best Science Fiction Films of the 21st Century," with Christian Zilko writing "While films about humans having close relationships with AI once seemed dystopian, the technology’s seeming inevitability has created a need for more empathetic art about the subject. Kogonada fills that void with a beautifully subtle touch, resulting in a film that feels just as human as the "technosapiens" in it.