Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for High-Rise (2015) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Tom Hiddleston, Elisabeth Moss, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, Reece Shearsmith DIRECTOR: Ben Wheatley CINEMATOGRAPHY: Laurie Rose MUSIC: Clint Mansell PRODUCTION: Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films, Film4 Productions, BFI, Northern Ireland Screen, Ingenious Media, SCOPE Pictures, S Films

Box Office Performance

High-Rise earned $4,289,074 in worldwide box office revenue.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Development

British producer Jeremy Thomas had wanted to make a film adaptation of J. G. Ballard's High-Rise since the 1970s. He tried to make it in the late 1970s with Nicolas Roeg directing from a script by Paul Mayersberg. In the 2000s, Thomas began developing the project with screenwriter Richard Stanley and director Vincenzo Natali, with the film intended as a loose adaptation of the novel.

In 2013, Wheatley started looking into who held the rights to the book, which led him to Thomas. Wheatley has remarked: "The book makes as much sense now as it did then. It was written in the '70s, projecting itself into a near future, but we live in that future now. We're almost in a new version of the '70s."

Screenwriter Amy Jump, who is also Wheatley's wife, adapted the book.

Hiddleston's involvement in the project was announced in February 2014 after he was cast in the role of Dr Robert Laing. Hiddleston had previously worked with Thomas on Jim Jarmusch's 2013 film Only Lovers Left Alive.

Clint Mansell composed the soundtrack for the film.

International sales were handled by HanWay Films, and key financiers included the British Film Institute and FilmFour.

▸ Filming & Locations

Principal photography began in July 2014 in Belfast, primarily in the seaside resort town of Bangor, County Down.

On 3 July 2014, Wheatley tweeted pictures of the set. On 6 August 2014, Hiddleston tweeted a photograph of himself from the set seen in character as Laing, together with Wheatley, Evans and director of photography Laurie Rose.

Elisabeth Moss later remarked on Wheatley and the shoot: "I don't know anyone who makes movies like he does... (it was) like if you gave him a bigger crew, a little bit more money, costumes and hair and makeup, all of that stuff that maybe he hasn't had before. It was so fun, he is just a fucking genius and he's so funny."

[Filming] Principal photography began in July 2014 in Belfast, primarily in the seaside resort town of Bangor, County Down.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Nominations: ○ IFFR audience award (45th International Film Festival Rotterdam)

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Tim Robey of The Telegraph awarded High-Rise 4 out of 5 stars, praising the brutality and dark comedy. IGN awarded it a score of 7.0 out of 10, saying "Enjoyably dark and disturbing adaptation of one of J.G. Ballard's best." Kate Wilson of Varsity gave the film a 5-star review, calling it a "masterpiece." In a review for Architects' Journal, Laura Mark was impressed by the "fantastic" visuals but noted that it lacked plot. Mark also stated that the dystopia portrayed reflected current concerns regarding gentrification and division. Others have noted the film's nostalgia for 1970s aesthetics.

On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critics consensus reads: "High-Rise may not quite live up to its classic source material, but it still offers an energetic, well-acted, and thought-provoking take on its timely socioeconomic themes." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 65 out of 100 based on reviews from 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".