Hurry Up Tomorrow Budget

What is the budget of Hurry Up Tomorrow?

"Hurry Up Tomorrow," a music released in 2025, was directed by Trey Edward Shults and stars The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega. The production budget was $15,000,000, placing it in the low-budget range for music productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

• Above-the-Line Talent: Drama films live or die on the strength of their performances.
• Location Filming & Period Production Design: Authentic locations , whether contemporary or historical , require scouting, permits, travel, lodging, and often significant dressing to match the story's time period.
• Post-Production, Color Grading & Score: The editorial process for dramas is typically longer than genre films, with careful attention to pacing and tone.
• Filming & Locations: When Deadline Hollywood announced Hurry Up Tomorrow on February 28, 2023, principal photography had already begun.

What were the major cost factors in Hurry Up Tomorrow?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Hurry Up Tomorrow."

• Above-the-Line Talent: Above-the-Line Talent is one of the primary cost drivers in music productions of this scale.
• Location Filming: Location Filming & Period Production Design is one of the primary cost drivers in music productions of this scale.
• Post-Production: Post-Production, Color Grading & Score is one of the primary cost drivers in music productions of this scale.

How Does Hurry Up Tomorrow's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $15,000,000, Hurry Up Tomorrow sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• A Dangerous Method (2011): Budget $15,000,000, Worldwide Gross $27,462,041
• Ben-Hur (1959): Budget $15,000,000, Worldwide Gross $164,000,000
• Land of the Dead (2005): Budget $15,000,000, Worldwide Gross $47,074,133
• Into the Wild (2007): Budget $15,000,000, Worldwide Gross $56,255,142
• King's Ransom (2005): Budget $15,000,000, Worldwide Gross $4,139,856

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

Hurry Up Tomorrow Box Office Performance

"Hurry Up Tomorrow" earned $5,215,357 domestically and $7,763,055 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $15,000,000, 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 "Hurry Up Tomorrow," that break-even threshold was roughly $30,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $7,763,055, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $15,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $7,763,055
• Net Return: −$7,236,945
• ROI: approximately -48.2%

At -48.2%, "Hurry Up Tomorrow" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Hurry Up Tomorrow Production History

When Deadline Hollywood announced Hurry Up Tomorrow on February 28, 2023, principal photography had already begun. [Filming] When Deadline Hollywood announced Hurry Up Tomorrow on February 28, 2023, principal photography had already begun.

The film's soundtrack, Hurry Up Tomorrow (Original Motion Picture Score), was released on July 11, 2025. Although it was initially slated for both digital and physical release, it ultimately became available only in physical format, on LP and CD. The soundtrack is a collaborative effort between The Weeknd and Oneohtrix Point Never, featuring 16 original instrumental tracks composed by the duo, alongside ten songs from The Weeknd's own Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) album.

Awards and Recognition

9 nominations total

Critical Reception

Critics dismissed the film as an "egomaniacal" and "navel-gazing" vanity project for Tesfaye, and saw it as an extended music video created simply to promote its companion album. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C-" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave the film an average rating of out of 5 stars, with 34% saying they would definitely recommend it.