Juror #2 Budget

What is the budget of Juror #2?

"Juror #2," a drama released in 2024, was directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette. The production budget was $30,000,000, placing it in the mid-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: Collette and Hoult reunited 22 years after playing mother and son in About a Boy (2002). This was the second time working together for Deutch and Hoult, after the film Rebel in the Rye (2017).

What were the major cost factors in Juror #2?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Juror #2."

• 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 Juror #2's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $30,000,000, Juror #2 sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• A Hologram for the King (2016): Budget $30,000,000, Worldwide Gross $9,169,507
• A Lot Like Love (2005): Budget $30,000,000, Worldwide Gross $42,886,719
• Big Momma's House (2000): Budget $30,000,000, Worldwide Gross $173,959,438
• Crazy Rich Asians (2018): Budget $30,000,000, Worldwide Gross $238,539,198
• Doomsday (2008): Budget $30,000,000, Worldwide Gross $22,472,631

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

Juror #2 Box Office Performance

"Juror #2" earned $21,418,477 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $30,000,000, 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 "Juror #2," that break-even threshold was roughly $60,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $21,418,477, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $30,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $21,418,477
• Net Return: −$8,581,523
• ROI: approximately -28.6%

At -28.6%, "Juror #2" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Awards and Recognition

4 wins & 14 nominations total

Critical Reception

Vultures Bilge Ebiri commented that Juror #2 inverts many tropes of the courtroom drama genre, writing that while in an ordinary legal thriller, "the system usually prevailed" and "justice would be served, even if it took a few extra tries", Eastwood's drama is a film "about how the system can fail even as everybody tries their best". He added that Eastwood's perspective is mirrored by his "own growing cynicism about the effectiveness of [government and legal] institutions".