It Comes at Night Budget

What is the budget of It Comes at Night?

"It Comes at Night," a drama released in 2017, was directed by Trey Edward Shults and stars Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott. The production budget was $5,000,000, placing it in the low-budget range for drama productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

While specific budget breakdowns are not publicly available, typical cost drivers for a drama 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.
• Production: Shults began writing the film after the death of his father as a way of dealing with the pain.

What were the major cost factors in It Comes at Night?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "It Comes at Night."

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

How Does It Comes at Night's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $5,000,000, It Comes at Night sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• Come and See (1985): Budget $5,000,000, Worldwide Gross $20,929,648
• Cinema Paradiso (1988): Budget $5,000,000, Worldwide Gross $35,962,062
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985): Budget $5,000,000 , Gross $502,758
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): Budget $5,000,000, Worldwide Gross $5,380,118
• A Separation (2011): Budget $5,000,000, Worldwide Gross $24,426,169

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

It Comes at Night Box Office Performance

"It Comes at Night" earned $19,280,931 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $5,000,000, the film performed strongly at the box office.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "It Comes at Night," that break-even threshold was roughly $10,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $19,280,931, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

• Production Budget: $5,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $19,280,931
• Net Return: $14,280,931
• ROI: approximately 285.6%

At 285.6%, "It Comes at Night" earned roughly $3.86 for every $1 invested in production.

It Comes at Night Production History

Principal photography began in August 2016 in New York. [Filming] Principal photography began in August 2016 in New York.

Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 257 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "It Comes at Night makes lethally effective use of its bare-bones trappings while proving once again that what's left unseen can be just as horrifying as anything on the screen." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score 78 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.