Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for The Ritual (2025) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Dan Stevens, Abigail Cowen, Al Pacino, Patricia Heaton, Ashley Greene, Patrick Fabian DIRECTOR: David Midell CINEMATOGRAPHY: Adam Biddle MUSIC: Jason Lazarus, Joseph Trapanese PRODUCTION: Cinemachineshop, Redbird Entertainment, Andrew Stevens Entertainment, MetaFilms, Baweja Studios, BondIt Media Capital, Isro Productions, IFeelYouFilms, LB Entertainment, Jeff Rice Films, Eyevox, XYZ Films

Box Office Performance

The Ritual earned $527,118 domestically and $2,668,751 internationally, for a worldwide total of $3,195,869. International markets drove the majority of revenue (84%), indicating strong global appeal.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

In July 2023, Al Pacino and Ben Foster signed on to star in the film. In January 2024, shooting commenced in Natchez, Mississippi. It was reported three months later that Foster had left the production, with Dan Stevens replacing him. The film is inspired by the 1935 book, Begone Satan!.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: N/A

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Leslie Felperin of The Guardian awarded the film two stars out of five. Jacob Oller of The A.V. Club graded the film a C−. Shawn Van Horn of Collider rated the film a 3 out of 10. Mark Hanson of Slant Magazine awarded the film half a star out of four. Christian Zilko of IndieWire graded the film a D. Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting awarded the film one "skull" out of five. Craig D. Lindsey of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars out of four.

Joseph Holmes of Religion Unplugged rated the film positively, noting that "One of the movie’s greatest strengths comes from its faithfulness to the exorcism formula." Movieguide lauded the film, stating that "The Ritual is well filmed". The Catholic Review praised the film for treating the topic of exorcism with reverence.

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and wrote as the bottom line: "Been there, exorcised that." Kyle Logan of ScreenAnarchy also gave the film a negative review, calling it "the kind of movie that's only going to be sought out by completionists in a couple years."

During a Q&A on Reddit, David Midell wrote "We definitely didn't make the film with critics in mind, we always knew it wouldn't be a favorite of theirs."