Production Budget Analysis

What was the production budget for The Angel?

Directed by Ariel Vromen, with Marwan Kenzari, Toby Kebbell, Hannah Ware leading the cast, The Angel was produced by Adama Pictures with a confirmed budget of $12,000,000, placing it in the low-budget category for action films.

At $12,000,000, The Angel was produced on a modest budget. Lower-budget films benefit from reduced break-even thresholds, with profitability achievable at approximately $30,000,000.

Budget Comparison — Similar Productions

• Goon (2012): Budget $12,000,000 | Gross $6,985,158 → ROI: -42% • Jobs (2013): Budget $12,000,000 | Gross $42,100,000 → ROI: 251% • All That Jazz (1979): Budget $12,000,000 | Gross $37,823,676 → ROI: 215% • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Budget $12,000,000 | Gross $71,923,560 → ROI: 499% • Wolfwalkers (2020): Budget $12,000,000 | Gross $1,310,720 → ROI: -89%

Key Budget Allocation Categories

▸ 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. For large-scale productions, VFX alone can account for 20–30% of the total budget, with additional costs for stunt coordinators, rigging, and safety crews.

▸ Above-the-Line Talent (Cast & Director) A-list talent commands significant upfront fees plus backend participation. Lead actors in major action franchises typically earn $10–25 million per film, with directors often receiving comparable compensation packages tied to box office performance.

▸ 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.

Key Production Personnel

CAST: Marwan Kenzari, Toby Kebbell, Hannah Ware, Waleed Zuaiter, Maisa Abd Elhadi Key roles: Marwan Kenzari as Ashraf Marwan; Toby Kebbell as Danny Ben Aroya; Hannah Ware as Diana Davis; Waleed Zuaiter as Gamal Abdel Nasser

DIRECTOR: Ariel Vromen CINEMATOGRAPHY: Terry Stacey MUSIC: Pinar Toprak, Pinar Toprak EDITING: Danny Rafic PRODUCTION: Adama Pictures, Sumatra Films, Shamai, T.T.V Productions FILMED IN: United States of America, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Israel, Morocco

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for The Angel (2018). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

On 5 May 2017, it was announced that Marwan Kenzari was set to star in The Angel for director Ariel Vromen from a screenplay by David Arata, with Netflix distributing the film.

The film began production in early July 2017 in London, The rest of the cast was confirmed on 25 July 2017, with the film in principal production.