What is the budget of Seventh Son?

"Seventh Son," an adventure released in 2014, was directed by Sergei Bodrov and stars Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore. The production budget was $95,000,000, placing it in the high-budget range for adventure productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

While specific budget breakdowns are not publicly available, typical cost drivers for an adventure 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: Sam Claflin was in negotiations to star as Tom Ward, but in June 2011, negotiations with Claflin fell through and Ben Barnes replaced him.

What were the major cost factors in Seventh Son?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Seventh Son."

Stunts: Stunts, Action Sequences & Visual Effects is one of the primary cost drivers in adventure productions of this scale.
Above-the-Line Talent (Cast: Above-the-Line Talent (Cast & Director) is one of the primary cost drivers in adventure productions of this scale.
Production Design: Production Design, Sets & Locations is one of the primary cost drivers in adventure productions of this scale.

How Does Seventh Son's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $95,000,000, Seventh Son sits in the high-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

Cats (2019): Budget $95,000,000, Worldwide Gross $77,276,321
Ferrari (2023): Budget $95,000,000, Worldwide Gross $39,220,516
Hollow Man (2000): Budget $95,000,000, Worldwide Gross $190,213,455
Finding Nemo (2003): Budget $94,000,000, Worldwide Gross $940,335,536
Jurassic Park III (2001): Budget $93,000,000, Worldwide Gross $368,780,809

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

Seventh Son Box Office Performance

"Seventh Son" earned $17,223,265 domestically and $114,178,613 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $95,000,000, 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 "Seventh Son," that break-even threshold was roughly $190,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $114,178,613, the film fell short of that threshold but recouped its production costs in theatrical release.

Production Budget: $95,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $114,178,613
Net Return: $19,178,613
ROI: approximately 20.2%

At 20.2%, "Seventh Son" returned its production investment but margin was tight after marketing and distribution costs.

Seventh Son Production History

It was originally announced that A. R. Rahman and Tuomas Kantelinen would compose the score for the movie.

Awards and Recognition

2 wins & 1 nomination total

Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews and an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "Seventh Son squanders an excellent cast and some strange storyline ingredients, leaving audiences with one disappointingly dull fantasy adventure." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 30 out of 100 based 32 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.