What is the budget of Maze Runner The Death Cure?

"Maze Runner The Death Cure," a science fiction released in 2018, was directed by Wes Ball and stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario. The production budget was $62,000,000, placing it in the high-budget range for science fiction productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

Visual Effects & CGI Pipeline: Sci-fi films are among the most VFX-intensive productions in Hollywood.
Production Design & World-Building: Creating a believable sci-fi world required significant investment in set construction, prop fabrication, and conceptual design , from physical environments through LED volume stages and virtual production technology.
Technology & Camera Systems: Cutting-edge camera rigs, motion capture stages, LED volume stages (virtual production), and proprietary rendering technology often push the technical budget far beyond conventional filming costs.
Filming & Locations: Principal photography began on March 14, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously it was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that filming would begin in February 2016.

What were the major cost factors in Maze Runner The Death Cure?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Maze Runner The Death Cure."

Visual Effects: Visual Effects & CGI Pipeline is one of the primary cost drivers in science fiction productions of this scale.
Production Design: Production Design & World-Building is one of the primary cost drivers in science fiction productions of this scale.
Technology: Technology & Camera Systems is one of the primary cost drivers in science fiction productions of this scale.

How Does Maze Runner The Death Cure's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $62,000,000, Maze Runner The Death Cure sits in the high-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

3000 Miles to Graceland (2001): Budget $62,000,000, Worldwide Gross $18,720,175
2 Guns (2013): Budget $61,000,000, Worldwide Gross $131,940,411
Gone Girl (2014): Budget $61,000,000, Worldwide Gross $370,890,259
The Mermaid (2016): Budget $60,720,000, Worldwide Gross $553,810,228
15 Minutes (2001): Budget $60,000,000, Worldwide Gross $56,359,980

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

Maze Runner The Death Cure Box Office Performance

"Maze Runner The Death Cure" earned $58,032,443 domestically and $288,175,335 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $62,000,000, 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 "Maze Runner The Death Cure," that break-even threshold was roughly $124,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $288,175,335, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

Production Budget: $62,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $288,175,335
Net Return: $226,175,335
ROI: approximately 364.8%

At 364.8%, "Maze Runner The Death Cure" earned roughly $4.65 for every $1 invested in production.

Maze Runner The Death Cure Production History

Principal photography began on March 14, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously it was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that filming would begin in February 2016. On March 18, 2016, it was reported that actor Dylan O'Brien had been hospitalized for injuries sustained on set during filming.

Awards and Recognition

7 nominations total

Critical Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, and an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "Maze Runner: The Death Cure may offer closure to fans of the franchise, but for anyone who hasn't already been hooked, this bloated final installment is best left unseen." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.