Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Heart of Stone (2023) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Paul Ready DIRECTOR: Tom Harper CINEMATOGRAPHY: George Steel MUSIC: Steven Price PRODUCTION: Skydance Media, Pilot Wave Motion Pictures, Mockingbird Pictures

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Heart of Stone (2023). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

It was announced in December 2020 that Gal Gadot had signed on to star in the film, which is planned to be the beginning of a franchise in a similar vein to the Mission: Impossible franchise. Tom Harper was in negotiations to direct. The story was conceived by Greg Rucka, Harper was confirmed in January 2021, with Netflix acquiring the distribution rights to the film. In February 2022, Jamie Dornan was cast to star alongside Gadot. In March, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jing Lusi and Paul Ready were added to the cast. The film also marks Bhatt's Hollywood debut. With a reported production budget of $150 million, it is among one of Netflix's most expensive films. The second schedule of filming then took place in Reykjavík, Iceland the following month, after which production moved back to London in May, for the succeeding schedule. The fourth schedule took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Filming wrapped on July 28, 2022.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 4 wins & 6 nominations total

! scope="row"| People's Choice Awards

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CRITICAL RECEPTION

Times Stephanie Zacharek said the film "occupies that vast middle zone of small-screen movies that easily fill the void of a few empty hours, if you happen to have any to spare, though it's nothing you'd carve out time in your schedule to watch." Brian Lowry of CNN said it "capitalizes on Gadot's inherent likability – a ruthless agent burdened by, yes, a heart – without bringing enough distinctive elements to this exercise to make it feel like much more than a Mission wannabe." The Independents Clarisse Loughrey gave it two out of five stars, writing, "Heart of Stone is an ideological mess. AI is great until it's not, and then it's fine because Gal Gadot can just kick someone in the face. It's conflicted without embracing that conflict, resulting in a film that's really about nothing at all."

Wendy Ide of The Observer gave it three out of five stars, calling the screenplay "a rudimentary thing – scaffolding to support the set pieces – that starts to creak whenever it attempts any depth of character", but praising the action as "terrific, with a screaming, tyre-shredding extended car chase around Lisbon's tight, cobbled alleys a breathless and exhilarating highlight." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it three out of four stars, writing, "Heart of Stone is clearly intended to jump-start an action franchise for Gadot, and it's off to a promising start."