What is the budget of Snatched?

"Snatched," an action released in 2017, was directed by Jonathan Levine and stars Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn. The production budget was $42,000,000, 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: On May 22, 2015, trade reports announced that Amy Schumer would star in an action-comedy film scripted by Katie Dippold, which was rewritten by Schumer and her sister Kim Caramele.

What were the major cost factors in Snatched?

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

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 Snatched's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $42,000,000, Snatched sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

Along Came Polly (2004): Budget $42,000,000, Worldwide Gross $178,300,000
Bloodshot (2020): Budget $42,000,000, Worldwide Gross $39,861,118
Brüno (2009): Budget $42,000,000, Worldwide Gross $138,805,831
Here Comes the Boom (2012): Budget $42,000,000, Worldwide Gross $73,100,000
High Crimes (2002): Budget $42,000,000, Worldwide Gross $63,781,810

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

Snatched Box Office Performance

"Snatched" earned $45,852,178 domestically and $60,800,000 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $42,000,000, 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 "Snatched," that break-even threshold was roughly $84,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $60,800,000, the film fell short of that threshold but recouped its production costs in theatrical release.

Production Budget: $42,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $60,800,000
Net Return: $18,800,000
ROI: approximately 44.8%

At 44.8%, "Snatched" returned its production investment but margin was tight after marketing and distribution costs.

Awards and Recognition

2 wins & 2 nominations total

Critical Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 36% based on 213 reviews, with an average rating of 5.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Snatched has a pair of terrifically talented stars, but their presence isn't enough to compensate for this rote comedy's threadbare plot and scattershot laughs." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 45 out of 100, based 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.