Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Uglies (2024) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Joey King, Brianne Tju, Keith Powers, Chase Stokes, Laverne Cox, Charmin Lee DIRECTOR: McG CINEMATOGRAPHY: Xiaolong Liu MUSIC: Edward Shearmur PRODUCTION: Davis Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Industry Entertainment Partners, Wonderland Sound and Vision

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Uglies (2024). 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

In 2006, a feature film adaptation of Uglies was announced to be in development when 20th Century Fox purchased the film rights to the novel, with John Davis attached as producer. In September 2020, the project re-entered development with Joey King signing on to star in the lead role as Tally Youngblood and serve as executive producer for the film. King signed onto the project, after previously being a fan of the Uglies novels. Later that year, Keith Powers, Brianne Tju, Chase Stokes, and Laverne Cox joined the supporting cast. In February 2022, King revealed that production had already finished, and had taken place in Atlanta in December 2021.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 1 win total

CRITICAL RECEPTION

The A.V. Clubs Jacob Oller gave the film a D− grade, writing, "Though the book came out before your Divergents and your Hunger Games and your Maze Runners, Uglies adaptation suffers from being nearly two decades too late. It would be like taking your mining equipment to California now, promising your concerned loved ones that there's still gold in them thar hills. Even if Uglies was watchable, its tropes have been worn down to nubs and its themes wrung dry." Adrian Horton of The Guardian gave it 1/5 stars, writing, "Though it supposedly argues against human beings turned into synthetic quasi-droids, Uglies feels like just another throwaway product."

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "It's all about as familiar-feeling as it sounds, but it goes down easily thanks to McG's skillful, fast-paced direction, the imaginatively lavish CGI-enhanced visuals, and King's impressive performance." The Wall Street Journal's John Anderson said, "It feels a bit infantile, never mind petty, to go looking for literary-theological heft in a project so clearly directed at the blushingly young, or to begrudge them an indulgence like Uglies."