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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

1941

1979 · Steven Spielberg · Buzz Feitshans · 1 hr 58 min

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Dan Aykroyd 1979 $1,340,812 $5,945,007 (est)
Ned Beatty 1979 $825,367 $3,659,581 (est)
John Belushi 1979 $621,417 $2,755,291 (est)
Lorraine Gary 1979 $508,073 $2,252,736 (est)
Murray Hamilton 1979 $434,599 $1,926,963 (est)
Christopher Lee 1979 $382,527 $1,696,080 (est)
Tim Matheson 1979 $343,399 $1,522,593 (est)
Toshirō Mifune 1979 $312,756 $1,386,722 (est)
Warren Oates 1979 $288,004 $1,276,976 (est)
Robert Stack 1979 $267,527 $1,186,185 (est)
Treat Williams 1979 $250,261 $1,109,628 (est)
Nancy Allen 1979 $235,473 $1,044,060 (est)
Eddie Deezen 1979 $222,642 $987,170 (est)
Bobby Di Cicco 1979 $211,387 $937,266 (est)
Dianne Kay 1979 $201,421 $893,076 (est)
Slim Pickens 1979 $192,524 $853,627 (est)
Wendie Jo Sperber 1979 $184,524 $818,160 (est)
Lionel Stander 1979 $177,287 $786,071 (est)

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 1979 $31,755,742 $140,801,286
International International theatrical box office gross. 1979 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1979 $31,755,742 $137,214,549

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $14,131,305 (est) $62,656,572 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $1,143,087,252 $5,068,316,618
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $444,522,023 1979 $444,522,023 $1,970,959,218
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $9,251,608,981 (est) $41,020,563,790 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1979 $10,853,349,562 $48,122,496,197
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1979 $35,000,000 $151,232,782
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: US Annual Advertising Spending Since 1919 - Galbi Think!URL: https://www.galbithink.org/ad-spending.htmU.S. Annual Advertising Spending Since 1919. This table has been revised slightly on Sept. 14, 2008. Advertising expenditure by media and type is now available. Year. Total Ad Spending (m.) ... 1941. 2,250. ... 1979. 48,000. 1979 $507,880,000,000 $2,251,881,157,025
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $0 (est) $0 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $174,738,928 (est) $774,772,189 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $3,815,000 (est) $16,915,269 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1979 $508,093,553,928 $2,252,824,077,265
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1979 $-497,240,204,366 $-2,204,701,581,067

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