What is the budget of Beyond Skyline?

"Beyond Skyline," a action released in 2017, was directed by Liam O'Donnell and stars Frank Grillo, Bojana Novaković. The production budget was $14,000,000, placing it in the low-budget range for action productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

While specific budget breakdowns are not publicly available, typical cost drivers for a 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: In November 2014, Variety announced that Iko Uwais would join the cast, alongside Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic, and Yayan Ruhian.

What were the major cost factors in Beyond Skyline?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Beyond Skyline."

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 Beyond Skyline's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $14,000,000, Beyond Skyline sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

A Dangerous Method (2011): Budget $15,000,000, Worldwide Gross $27,462,041
Ben-Hur (1959): Budget $15,000,000, Worldwide Gross $164,000,000
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997): Budget $16,500,000 , Gross $67,711,748
Away We Go (2009): Budget $17,000,000, Worldwide Gross $15,779,455
Ashfall (2019): Budget $17,700,000, Worldwide Gross $61,321,941

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

Beyond Skyline Box Office Performance

"Beyond Skyline" earned $992,181 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $14,000,000, 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 "Beyond Skyline," that break-even threshold was roughly $28,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $992,181, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

Production Budget: $14,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $992,181
Net Return: −$13,007,819
ROI: approximately -92.9%

At -92.9%, "Beyond Skyline" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Beyond Skyline Production History

Principal photography began in December 2014, with shooting in Yogyakarta and Batam, Indonesia. and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The finale of the film was shot in the Indonesian Prambanan temple complex, though the script suggests that it is located in Laos.

Awards and Recognition

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Critical Reception

, the film holds a 70% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews with an approval rating of 5.50 out of 10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.