The Village Film Budget

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

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