HIM Budget

What is the budget of HIM?

"HIM," a horror released in 2025, was directed by Justin Tipping and stars Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers. The production budget was $27,000,000, placing it in the mid-budget range for horror productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

• Practical Effects, Prosthetics & Makeup: Horror productions invest disproportionately in practical effects , prosthetic applications, animatronics, blood and gore effects, and creature suits. A single hero creature suit can cost $50,000 to 200,000.
• Atmospheric Production Design & Cinematography: Creating dread through environment is essential. Abandoned locations must be secured and dressed, lighting rigs designed for shadow and tension, and sets built to enable specific camera movements and reveals.
• Sound Design & Score: Horror is arguably the most sound-dependent genre. Foley work, ambient textures, frequency manipulation, and jump-scare stingers require specialized sound designers working with unconventional techniques.
• Filming & Locations: Principal photography was completed by November 2024. It was filmed on location in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico. Spaceport America was used as an exterior location.

What were the major cost factors in HIM?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "HIM."

• Practical Effects: Practical Effects, Prosthetics & Makeup is one of the primary cost drivers in horror productions of this scale.
• Atmospheric Production Design: Atmospheric Production Design & Cinematography is one of the primary cost drivers in horror productions of this scale.
• Sound Design: Sound Design & Score is one of the primary cost drivers in horror productions of this scale.

How Does HIM's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $27,000,000, HIM sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• Fight Valley (2016): Budget $27,000,000
• Crimes of the Future (2022): Budget $27,000,000, Worldwide Gross $4,551,565
• Annabelle Comes Home (2019): Budget $27,000,000, Worldwide Gross $231,252,591
• Dear Evan Hansen (2021): Budget $27,500,000, Worldwide Gross $19,133,454
• Agent Cody Banks (2003): Budget $28,000,000, Worldwide Gross $58,795,814

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

HIM Box Office Performance

"HIM" earned $24,936,390 domestically and $27,834,512 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $27,000,000, the film showed modest profitability in theatrical release.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "HIM," that break-even threshold was roughly $54,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $27,834,512, the film fell short of that threshold but recouped its production costs in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $27,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $27,834,512
• Net Return: $834,512
• ROI: approximately 3.1%

At 3.1%, "HIM" returned its production investment but margin was tight after marketing and distribution costs.

HIM Production History

Principal photography was completed by November 2024. It was filmed on location in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico. Spaceport America was used as an exterior location. [Filming] Principal photography was completed by November 2024. It was filmed on location in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico. Spaceport America was used as an exterior location.

Bobby Krlic had composed the score for the film by April 2025. On September 4, 2025, "Swim" by Guapdad 4000 and Mavi, and "Tip Toe" by Tierra Whack were released as singles from the soundtrack. The soundtrack's fourth single, "Him" by Denzel Curry, was released on September 18, 2025. The soundtrack released on September 19, 2025, alongside the film.

Awards and Recognition

1 nomination total

Critical Reception

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C−" on an A+ to F scale. Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter, gave a mixed review and wrote, "The performers give it their all, with Withers impressively handling the intense physicality of his role and Wayans effectively intimidating as the football legend whose prowess isn’t purely natural... But by the time it gets to the truly baroque, extremely gory final act that will leave audience members either hooting in delight or shaking their heads in derision, Him has long since gone off the rails."