Meet the Browns Budget

What is the budget of Meet the Browns?

"Meet the Browns," a drama released in 2008, was directed by Tyler Perry and stars Angela Bassett, Rick Fox. The production budget was $20,000,000, 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: Meet the Browns completed filming on October 26, 2007, after beginning on July 12 the same year.

What were the major cost factors in Meet the Browns?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Meet the Browns."

• 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 Meet the Browns's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $20,000,000, Meet the Browns sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• 12 Years a Slave (2013): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $187,000,000
• 21 Grams (2003): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $60,427,839
• 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $11,798,854
• A Guy Thing (2003): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $17,400,000
• A Most Violent Year (2014): Budget $20,000,000, Worldwide Gross $12,007,070

The median budget for wide-release drama films in the 2000s ranges from $30 to 80M for mid-budget to $150M+ for tentpoles.

Meet the Browns Box Office Performance

"Meet the Browns" earned $41,975,388 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $20,000,000, the film showed modest profitability in theatrical release.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "Meet the Browns," that break-even threshold was roughly $40,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $41,975,388, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

• Production Budget: $20,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $41,975,388
• Net Return: $21,975,388
• ROI: approximately 109.9%

At 109.9%, "Meet the Browns" earned roughly $2.1 for every $1 invested in production.

Meet the Browns Production History

The soundtrack was released by Atlantic Records on March 18, 2008.

Awards and Recognition

3 nominations total

Critical Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 33% approval rating based on 58 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads: "Angela Bassett's considerable charms can't compensate for Meet the Browns incessant melodrama and scattered narrative threads." Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 45 out of 100, based on 14 reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.