Day Shift Budget

What is the budget of Day Shift?

"Day Shift," an action released in 2022, was directed by J.J. Perry and stars Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco. The production budget was $100,000,000, placing it in the high-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: The film was financed by Netflix, 87eleven Entertainment and Impossible Dream Entertainment, with a budget of between $50 million and $100million.

What were the major cost factors in Day Shift?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Day Shift."

• 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 Day Shift's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $100,000,000, Day Shift sits in the high-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• 1917 (2019): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $446,064,352
• American Gangster (2007): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $269,755,430
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024): Budget $100,000,000 , Gross $404,547,819
• Batman Forever (1995): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $336,529,144
• Bicentennial Man (1999): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $87,423,861

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

Awards and Recognition

2 wins & 3 nominations total

Critical Reception

Michael Ordoña of the Los Angeles Times called the film a "damned delight" and said: "One would be tempted to call it the best horror comedy of 2022 so far, but it mixes so many genres it's more like 2022's best horror-buddy-cop-cartel-drama-bounty-hunter-martial-arts-action comedy (so far)." Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a rambunctious, strange and occasionally humorous action-thriller-comedy".