Persepolis Budget

What is the budget of Persepolis?

"Persepolis," a animation released in 2007, was directed by Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi and stars Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux. The production budget was $7,300,000, placing it in the low-budget range for animation productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

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

• Animation Production Pipeline: The bulk of an animated film's budget funds the multi-year production pipeline: storyboarding, character modeling, rigging, animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing.
• Voice Talent: Celebrity voice casting has become standard for studio animation, with A-list actors earning $5 to 15 million for voice roles.
• Music, Songs & Sound Design: Original songs and orchestral scores are central to animated storytelling. Sound design for animated worlds must be created entirely from scratch.

What were the major cost factors in Persepolis?

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

• Animation Production Pipeline: Animation Production Pipeline is one of the primary cost drivers in animation productions of this scale.
• Voice Talent: Voice Talent is one of the primary cost drivers in animation productions of this scale.
• Music: Music, Songs & Sound Design is one of the primary cost drivers in animation productions of this scale.

How Does Persepolis's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $7,300,000, Persepolis sits in the low-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• Fitzcarraldo (1982): Budget $7,362,000
• The Bye Bye Man (2017): Budget $7,400,000, Worldwide Gross $26,700,000
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966): Budget $7,500,000, Worldwide Gross $33,736,689
• Your Name. (2016): Budget $7,500,000, Worldwide Gross $405,320,132
• Breaking the Waves (1996): Budget $7,500,000, Worldwide Gross $23,000,000

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

Persepolis Box Office Performance

"Persepolis" earned $4,445,756 domestically. Against a production budget of $7,300,000, the film faced challenges in theatrical release. Home video, streaming, and ancillary revenue may have contributed to its overall performance.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "Persepolis," that break-even threshold was roughly $14,600,000. With worldwide earnings of $4,445,756, the film did not reach break-even in theatrical release.

• Production Budget: $7,300,000
• Worldwide Gross: $4,445,756
• Net Return: −$2,854,244
• ROI: approximately -39.1%

At -39.1%, "Persepolis" did not recoup its production budget through theatrical release alone.

Awards and Recognition

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 30 wins & 58 nominations total

Critical Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on 164 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem, and the film's simple black-and-white images are effective and bold." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".