Arthur the King Budget

What is the budget of Arthur the King?

"Arthur the King," an adventure released in 2024, was directed by Simon Cellan Jones and stars Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu. The production budget was $19,000,000, placing it in the low-budget range for adventure productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

While specific budget breakdowns are not publicly available, typical cost drivers for an adventure 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: Baltasar Kormákur was initially going to direct the film, but dropped out due to schedule conflicts.

What were the major cost factors in Arthur the King?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Arthur the King."

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

How Does Arthur the King's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $19,000,000, Arthur the King 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
• Action Point (2018): Budget $19,000,000, Worldwide Gross $5,059,608
• 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

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

Arthur the King Box Office Performance

"Arthur the King" earned $25,049,006 domestically and $40,829,138 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $19,000,000, the film showed modest profitability in theatrical release.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "Arthur the King," that break-even threshold was roughly $38,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $40,829,138, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

• Production Budget: $19,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $40,829,138
• Net Return: $21,829,138
• ROI: approximately 114.9%

At 114.9%, "Arthur the King" earned roughly $2.15 for every $1 invested in production.

Awards and Recognition

3 wins & 1 nomination total

Critical Reception

Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars, with 75% saying they would definitely recommend the film. Variety's Courtney Howard found that "If indelible Movie Moments are in short supply, inevitably making Wahlberg and Ukai's chemistry the true highlight, the film's sentiments on selflessness nonetheless stand out.