Midway Budget

What is the budget of Midway?

"Midway," an action released in 2019, was directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson. The production budget was $100,000,000, placing it in the high-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.
• Casting: In April 2018, Woody Harrelson and Mandy Moore joined the ensemble cast for the film.

What were the major cost factors in Midway?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Midway."

• 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 Midway's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $100,000,000, Midway sits in the high-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• 1917 (2019): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $446,064,352
• American Gangster (2007): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $269,755,430
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024): Budget $100,000,000 , Gross $404,547,819
• Batman Forever (1995): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $336,529,144
• Bicentennial Man (1999): Budget $100,000,000, Worldwide Gross $87,423,861

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

Midway Box Office Performance

"Midway" earned $56,846,802 domestically and $127,400,000 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $100,000,000, 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 "Midway," that break-even threshold was roughly $200,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $127,400,000, the film fell short of that threshold but recouped its production costs in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $100,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $127,400,000
• Net Return: $27,400,000
• ROI: approximately 27.4%

At 27.4%, "Midway" returned its production investment but margin was tight after marketing and distribution costs.

Midway Production History

In April 2018, Woody Harrelson and Mandy Moore joined the ensemble cast for the film. In July 2018, Luke Evans was cast in the film to play Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky, who was awarded the Navy Cross for his role in the Battle of Midway. Robby Baumgartner was hired as cinematographer.

Filming began on September5, 2018, in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was also shot in Montreal, Quebec. In November 2018, it was announced that VFX company Scanline VFX will be the main VFX vendor, and that Pixomondo had signed on to provide additional visual effects.

Awards and Recognition

1 nomination total

Critical Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews and an average rating of . The site's critics consensus reads: "Midway revisits a well-known story with modern special effects and a more balanced point of view, but its screenplay isn't quite ready for battle." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".