Production Budget Analysis

What was the production budget for Vice?

Directed by Brian A. Miller, with Ambyr Childers, Thomas Jane, Bryan Greenberg leading the cast, Vice was produced by Grindstone Entertainment Group with a confirmed budget of $10,000,000, placing it in the low-budget category for thriller films.

At $10,000,000, Vice was produced on a modest budget. Lower-budget films benefit from reduced break-even thresholds, with profitability achievable at approximately $25,000,000.

Budget Comparison — Similar Productions

• By the Sea (2015): Budget $10,000,000 | Gross $3,727,746 → ROI: -63% • Eye for an Eye (2025): Budget $10,000,000 | Gross N/A • Goal! (2005): Budget $10,000,000 | Gross $27,610,873 → ROI: 176% • Phantom (2013): Budget $10,000,000 | Gross $1,197,759 → ROI: -88% • War of the Worlds (2025): Budget $10,000,000 | Gross N/A

Key Budget Allocation Categories

▸ Talent & Director Compensation Thrillers depend on compelling lead performances to sustain tension, making cast compensation a primary budget concern. Directors with proven thriller credentials command premium fees.

▸ Cinematography & Location Photography Thriller aesthetics demand specific visual languages — surveillance-style photography, claustrophobic framing, or expansive location work across multiple cities or countries.

▸ Editorial & Sound Post-Production Precision editing — controlling information flow, building suspense through pacing, and orchestrating reveals — requires extended post-production schedules.

Key Production Personnel

CAST: Ambyr Childers, Thomas Jane, Bryan Greenberg, Bruce Willis, Johnathon Schaech Key roles: Ambyr Childers as Kelly; Thomas Jane as Roy; Bryan Greenberg as Evan; Bruce Willis as Julian

DIRECTOR: Brian A. Miller CINEMATOGRAPHY: Yaron Levy MUSIC: Hybrid EDITING: Paul Harb, Rick Shaine PRODUCTION: Grindstone Entertainment Group, EFO Films, K5 International, Aperture Entertainment FILMED IN: United States of America

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Vice (2015). 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

Shooting began on April 3, 2014, in Mobile, Alabama. A former Masonic temple, The Temple Downtown, was used for exterior shots of Evan's abandoned church home. Exterior shots representing the futuristic city are of and around Miami's downtown in South Florida.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

No awards data currently available for this title.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Justin Chang of Variety called it a "relentlessly mediocre" film that "barely engages with its potential ideas beyond the most blandly expository, bullet-ridden level". Chang said Willis' against-type casting could have been fun, but Willis instead seems bored.

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote that the film "has absolutely nothing to recommend it", and Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times called it "dystopian sci-fi for dummies".

In giving it a C rating, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club described it as "crummy and artless in a way that's intrinsically watchable". Vishnevetsky wrote that although Jane's acting is not believable, it is fun to watch the bizarre mannerisms, comparing it to Gary Busey's off-kilter performances.