The Foreigner Budget

What is the budget of The Foreigner?

"The Foreigner," an action released in 2017, was directed by Martin Campbell and stars Pierce Brosnan, Jackie Chan. The production budget was $35,000,000, 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 5 June 2015 it was announced that Jackie Chan would star in the action thriller film The Foreigner, for STX Entertainment, and based on Stephen Leather's novel The Chinaman.

What were the major cost factors in The Foreigner?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "The Foreigner."

• 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 The Foreigner's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $35,000,000, The Foreigner sits in the mid-budget range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

• 1941 (1979): Budget $35,000,000, Worldwide Gross $94,900,000
• Two for the Money (2005): Budget $35,000,000, Worldwide Gross $30,526,509
• Ghost Ship (2002): Budget $35,000,000, Worldwide Gross $71,142,361
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022): Budget $35,000,000
• Lion of the Desert (1981): Budget $35,000,000, Worldwide Gross $1,502,136

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

The Foreigner Box Office Performance

"The Foreigner" earned $145,374,099 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $35,000,000, the film performed strongly at the box office.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "The Foreigner," that break-even threshold was roughly $70,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $145,374,099, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

• Production Budget: $35,000,000
• Worldwide Gross: $145,374,099
• Net Return: $110,374,099
• ROI: approximately 315.4%

At 315.4%, "The Foreigner" earned roughly $4.15 for every $1 invested in production.

Critical Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 66% based on 127 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critics' consensus reads, "The Foreigner adheres strictly to action thriller formula, but benefits from committed,and out of character,performances from its talented veteran stars." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".