Peppermint Budget

What is the budget of Peppermint?

"Peppermint," an action released in 2018, was directed by Pierre Morel and stars Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr.. The production budget was $25,000,000, placing it in the mid-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: In May 2017, director Pierre Morel was attached to the project; he previously directed the first film in the Taken series starring Liam Neeson.

What were the major cost factors in Peppermint?

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

• 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 Peppermint's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $25,000,000, Peppermint sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• 1408 (2007): Budget $25,000,000, Worldwide Gross $133,000,000
• A Journal for Jordan (2021): Budget $25,000,000, Worldwide Gross $6,700,000
• Abandon (2002): Budget $25,000,000, Worldwide Gross $10,719,357
• All My Life (2020): Budget $25,000,000, Worldwide Gross $2,000,000
• August Rush (2007): Budget $25,000,000, Worldwide Gross $66,122,026

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

Peppermint Box Office Performance

"Peppermint" earned $35,418,723 domestically and $53,918,723 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $25,000,000, 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 "Peppermint," that break-even threshold was roughly $50,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $53,918,723, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

• Production Budget: $25,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $53,918,723
• Net Return: $28,918,723
• ROI: approximately 115.7%

At 115.7%, "Peppermint" earned roughly $2.16 for every $1 invested in production.

Awards and Recognition

4 nominations total

Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 13% based on 150 reviews, and an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "Far from refreshing, Peppermint wastes strong work from Jennifer Garner on a dreary vigilante-revenge story that lacks unique twists or visceral thrills." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 29 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.