Ever wondered what a Hollywood film budget looks like? Website The Smoking Gun has some interesting resources including a copy of the budget for M Night Shyamalan’s film “The Village”. The budget comes to over $70 million US dollars. According to IMDB, the gross box office income for the film came to over $110 million. Here is the link to the budget on The Smoking Gun:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/71682975-village-movie-budget
With regards to audio related costs, here is a summary:
Looping (ADR)
Page 14 – Looping allowance of 30k plus 10k for travel
Production Sound
Page 45 – Production Sound budget to $207,518
Production Mixer – Total of $47,442
– 1 week prep @ $3,087
– 10 week shoot @ $4,312
– 0.4 weeks wrap @ $3,087
Boom Person – Total of $34,855
Sound Utility – Total of $32,062
Plus equipment rental, consumables costs, etc.
Music
Page 69-70 – Music
Total for Music comes to $3,234,269
Audio Post-Production
Page 72 – Sound – Pre and Post
$112,500 for 25 days of Foley
$354,494 for re-recording mix and deliverables
$1 million sound effects editorial
plus more for a total of $2,091,645