Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Vengeance (2022) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: B. J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, J. Smith-Cameron, Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, Lio Tipton DIRECTOR: B. J. Novak CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lyn Moncrief MUSIC: FINNEAS PRODUCTION: Blumhouse Productions, Focus Features, Divide / Conquer

Box Office Performance

Vengeance earned $4,330,720 domestically and $-105,000 internationally, for a worldwide total of $4,225,720. The film skewed heavily domestic (102%), suggesting strong North American appeal.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

Between 2015 and 2018, B. J. Novak, who lives in Los Angeles, California, took several trips to Texas to do research for a film he wanted to write about a blue state podcaster who travels to a red state. In March 2020, it was announced Novak would direct and star in the film, with Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, and Boyd Holbrook joining the cast.

Principal photography began in Albuquerque, New Mexico in March 2020, but was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2021, Isabella Amara joined the cast and production resumed that month. In March 2021, J. Smith-Cameron and Lio Tipton joined the cast, with Focus Features set to distribute. Tipton came out as non-binary, and changed their given name from Analeigh to Lio, just three months after signing on to the film, making this their first work credited as Lio Tipton when it was released in June 2022.

Finneas O'Connell composed the film score. The soundtrack was released by Back Lot Music.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 1 win total

CRITICAL RECEPTION

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of 159 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Writer-director-star B.J. Novak could have taken a sharper approach to this dark comedy's deeper themes, but if you're in the mood for a slyly smart mystery, Vengeance is yours." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak gave the film a 76% overall positive score, with 57% saying they would definitely recommend it.