Land of Bad Budget

What is the budget of Land of Bad?

"Land of Bad," an action released in 2024, was directed by William Eubank and stars Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe. The production budget was $18,000,000, placing it in the low-budget range for action productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

• Stunts, Action Sequences & Visual Effects: Action films allocate a substantial portion of their budget to choreographing and executing practical stunts, pyrotechnics, and CGI-heavy sequences.
• Above-the-Line Talent (Cast & Director): A-list talent commands significant upfront fees plus backend participation.
• Production Design, Sets & Locations: Action films frequently require multiple international shooting locations, large-scale set construction, vehicle acquisitions and modifications, and specialized equipment , all of which drive production costs well above those of dialogue-driven genres.
• Production: The film, originally titled JTAC, was written by David Frigerio and William Eubank in 2012 and in 2013 at Satellite Coffee coffee shops in Albuquerque during production of their film The Signal.

What were the major cost factors in Land of Bad?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Land of Bad."

• Stunts: Stunts, Action Sequences & Visual Effects is one of the primary cost drivers in action productions of this scale.
• Above-the-Line Talent (Cast: Above-the-Line Talent (Cast & Director) is one of the primary cost drivers in action productions of this scale.
• Production Design: Production Design, Sets & Locations is one of the primary cost drivers in action productions of this scale.

How Does Land of Bad's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $18,000,000, Land of Bad sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• 127 Hours (2010): Budget $18,000,000, Worldwide Gross $35,700,000
• A Dog's Way Home (2019): Budget $18,000,000, Worldwide Gross $17,643,857
• Amadeus (1984): Budget $18,000,000, Worldwide Gross $90,007,557
• And So It Goes (2014): Budget $18,000,000, Worldwide Gross $25,312,387
• Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004): Budget $18,000,000 , Gross $65,070,412

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

Land of Bad Box Office Performance

"Land of Bad" earned $4,620,045 domestically and $7,021,101 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $18,000,000, 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 "Land of Bad," that break-even threshold was roughly $36,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $7,021,101, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $18,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $7,021,101
• Net Return: −$10,978,899
• ROI: approximately -61%

At -61%, "Land of Bad" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Awards and Recognition

1 nomination total

Critical Reception

Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com gave the film two out of four stars and wrote, "Land of Bad may sell itself as a post-Black Hawk Down rescue mission thriller, but it's too often a baggy dramatized lecture about what's really wrong with the American military and modern warfare."