
Magic Camp
Synopsis
At the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, Andy returns as a counselor to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career.
Production Budget Analysis
What was the production budget for Magic Camp?
Directed by Mark Waters, with Adam Devine, Jeffrey Tambor, Gillian Jacobs leading the cast, Magic Camp was produced by Team Todd with a confirmed budget of $24,000,000, placing it in the low-budget category for family films.
At $24,000,000, Magic Camp was produced on a modest budget. Lower-budget films benefit from reduced break-even thresholds, with profitability achievable at approximately $60,000,000.
Budget Comparison — Similar Productions
• Double Take (2001): Budget $24,000,000 | Gross $31,600,000 → ROI: 32% • Faster (2010): Budget $24,000,000 | Gross $23,081,726 → ROI: -4% • Fences (2016): Budget $24,000,000 | Gross $64,400,000 → ROI: 168% • Foxcatcher (2014): Budget $24,000,000 | Gross $12,096,300 → ROI: -50% • Howl's Moving Castle (2004): Budget $24,000,000 | Gross $236,049,757 → ROI: 884%
Key Budget Allocation Categories
▸ Talent Salaries & Producing Deals Established comedic talent can command $15–20 million per film, with top-tier stars earning even more through producing credits and backend deals. Comedy ensembles multiply this cost across several well-known performers.
▸ Production & Location Filming While comedies generally avoid the VFX costs of action films, location shooting in recognizable cities or exotic locales adds meaningful production expense.
▸ Marketing & P&A (Prints & Advertising) Comedies rely heavily on marketing to build opening-weekend momentum. Studios typically spend 50–100% of the production budget on marketing, with comedy trailers and social media campaigns being particularly expensive.
Key Production Personnel
CAST: Adam Devine, Jeffrey Tambor, Gillian Jacobs, Nathaniel Logan McIntyre, Cole Sand Key roles: Adam Devine as Andy Tuckerman; Jeffrey Tambor as Roy Preston; Gillian Jacobs as Christina Darkwood; Nathaniel Logan McIntyre as Theo
DIRECTOR: Mark Waters CINEMATOGRAPHY: Theo van de Sande MUSIC: Rolfe Kent EDITING: Bruce Green, Robert Malina PRODUCTION: Team Todd, Gunn Films, Walt Disney Pictures FILMED IN: United States of America
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Magic Camp (2020). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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