Production Budget Analysis

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

CAST: John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Connie Britton, Selenis Leyva, Jeffrey Donovan DIRECTOR: Abi Damaris Corbin CINEMATOGRAPHY: Doug Emmett MUSIC: Michael Abels PRODUCTION: Salmira Productions, Little Lamb Productions, Epic, UpperRoom Productions

Box Office Performance

Breaking earned $2,806,359 domestically and $-717 internationally, for a worldwide total of $2,805,642. The film skewed heavily domestic (100%), suggesting strong North American appeal.

Detailed Box Office Notes

In the United States and Canada, Breaking was released alongside The Invitation and Three Thousand Years of Longing. The film debuted to $985,921 from 902 theaters in its opening weekend. It went on to gross $2.8 million at the box office.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Jonathan Majors would star in the film, then titled 892, as a Marine war veteran who suffers from mental scars, and his hard transition back to civilian life. The screenplay was based on Aaron Gell's article "They Didn't Have to Kill Him", published on Task & Purpose on April 9, 2018. On July 8, 2021, it was reported that John Boyega replaced Majors due to a scheduling conflict with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. On August 30, 2021, it was confirmed that Connie Britton joined the cast.

Principal photography began on July 6, 2021, and was scheduled to conclude on August 16, 2021, in Los Angeles.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 5 wins & 5 nominations total

Awards Won: ★ Sundance Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast

Additional Recognition: * 2022 Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 55% overall positive score.

Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood said, "Corbin is firmly in control behind the camera and with particular expert help with her editor Chris Witt. The British actor Boyega is superb in every aspect of the role, as is the commanding presence of the late Williams in what, sadly, is his final film role."

Writing for Variety, Peter Debruge said, "This is not an act of documentary reenactment so much as a tense, speculative drama, imagining what this man must have gone through during those hours, and how his actions rippled out to affect others' lives."