Everybody Wants Some!! Budget

What is the budget of Everybody Wants Some!!?

"Everybody Wants Some!!," a comedy released in 2016, was directed by Richard Linklater and stars Blake Jenner, Zoey Deutch. The production budget was $10,000,000, placing it in the low-budget range for comedy productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

• Talent Salaries & Producing Deals: Established comedic talent can command $15 to 20 million per film, with top-tier stars earning even more through producing credits and backend deals.
• Production & Location Filming: While comedies generally avoid the VFX costs of action films, location shooting in recognizable cities or exotic locales adds meaningful production expense.
• Marketing & P&A (Prints & Advertising): Comedies rely heavily on marketing to build opening-weekend momentum.
• Production: Linklater wrote the first draft of the film in mid-2005, and tried to finance it in 2009, but could not get production off the ground until Annapurna Pictures became involved.

What were the major cost factors in Everybody Wants Some!!?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Everybody Wants Some!!."

• Talent Salaries: Talent Salaries & Producing Deals is one of the primary cost drivers in comedy productions of this scale.
• Production: Production & Location Filming is one of the primary cost drivers in comedy productions of this scale.
• Marketing: Marketing & P&A (Prints & Advertising) is one of the primary cost drivers in comedy productions of this scale.

How Does Everybody Wants Some!!'s Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $10,000,000, Everybody Wants Some!! sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• By the Sea (2015): Budget $10,000,000, Worldwide Gross $3,727,746
• Eye for an Eye (2025): Budget $10,000,000
• Goal! (2005): Budget $10,000,000, Worldwide Gross $27,610,873
• Phantom (2013): Budget $10,000,000, Worldwide Gross $1,197,759
• War of the Worlds (2025): Budget $10,000,000

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

Everybody Wants Some!! Box Office Performance

"Everybody Wants Some!!" earned $3,400,278 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $10,000,000, 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 "Everybody Wants Some!!," that break-even threshold was roughly $20,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $3,400,278, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $10,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $3,400,278
• Net Return: −$6,599,722
• ROI: approximately -66%

At -66%, "Everybody Wants Some!!" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 247 reviews, with an average rating of 7.60/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Nostalgic in the best sense, Everybody Wants Some!! finds Richard Linklater ambling through the past with a talented cast, a sweetly meandering story, and a killer classic rock soundtrack." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 85 out of 100 based on 50 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".