Anna Budget

What is the budget of Anna?

"Anna," an action released in 2019, was directed by Luc Besson and stars Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren. The production budget was $34,000,000, placing it in the mid-budget range for action productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

• Stunts, Action Sequences & Visual Effects: Action films allocate a substantial portion of their budget to choreographing and executing practical stunts, pyrotechnics, and CGI-heavy sequences.
• Above-the-Line Talent (Cast & Director): A-list talent commands significant upfront fees plus backend participation.
• Production Design, Sets & Locations: Action films frequently require multiple international shooting locations, large-scale set construction, vehicle acquisitions and modifications, and specialized equipment , all of which drive production costs well above those of dialogue-driven genres.
• Production: On 9 October 2017, it was reported that Luc Besson's next film would be Anna, starring newcomer Sasha Luss, along with Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, and Cillian Murphy.

What were the major cost factors in Anna?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Anna."

• Stunts: Stunts, Action Sequences & Visual Effects is one of the primary cost drivers in action productions of this scale.
• Above-the-Line Talent (Cast: Above-the-Line Talent (Cast & Director) is one of the primary cost drivers in action productions of this scale.
• Production Design: Production Design, Sets & Locations is one of the primary cost drivers in action productions of this scale.

How Does Anna's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $34,000,000, Anna sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• Baby Driver (2017): Budget $34,000,000, Worldwide Gross $226,945,087
• Chill Factor (1999): Budget $34,000,000, Worldwide Gross $11,263,966
• Greenland (2020): Budget $34,000,000, Worldwide Gross $52,300,000
• I Dreamed of Africa (2000): Budget $34,000,000, Worldwide Gross $14,400,327
• Moonraker (1979): Budget $34,000,000, Worldwide Gross $210,308,099

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

Anna Box Office Performance

"Anna" earned $7,556,511 domestically and $31,626,978 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $34,000,000, 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 "Anna," that break-even threshold was roughly $68,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $31,626,978, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $34,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $31,626,978
• Net Return: −$2,373,022
• ROI: approximately -7%

At -7%, "Anna" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Anna Production History

Summit Entertainment released the original soundtrack composed by Éric Serra on 19 July 2019. The film also features additional music not included in the soundtrack.

Awards and Recognition

2 nominations total

Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "Anna finds writer-director Luc Besson squarely in his wheelhouse, but fans of this variety of stylized action have seen it all done before , and better." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 40 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.