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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

A Civil Action

1998 · Steven Zaillian · Scott Rudin | Robert Redford | Rachel Pfeffer · 1 hr 55 min

At the risk of bankrupting his firm and career, lawyer Jan Schlichtman takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's contaminated water supply.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
John Travolta 1998 $3,013,429 $5,951,060 (est)
Robert Duvall 1998 $750,000 $1,481,135 (est)
James Gandolfini 1998 $1,108,211 $2,188,547 (est)
Dan Hedaya 1998 $376,905 $744,330 (est)
John Lithgow 1998 $513,125 $1,013,343 (est)
William H. Macy 1998 $441,391 $871,680 (est)
Kathleen Quinlan 1998 $359,746 $710,443 (est)
Tony Shalhoub 1998 $334,192 $659,978 (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. 1998 $56,709,981 $111,993,515
International International theatrical box office gross. 1998 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1998 $56,709,981 $109,140,620

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. 1998 $28,354,991 (est) $55,996,757 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $8,262,947 $16,318,054
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $5,455,451, DVD $474,387 1998 $5,929,838 $11,710,521
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $12,958,818 (est) $25,591,677 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1998 $55,506,594 $109,617,009
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1998 $75,000,000 $144,340,491
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A Estimated using Machine Learning sourceSource: ML P&A estimate (peer+ridge)Machine-learned P&A estimate based on peer comps and regression inputs. Reestimate Prior Estimate | Covid Mult: 1 | Peer Count: 2 | Reg Box Pred: $13,940,946 | Reg Main Pred: $10,879,991 1998 $12,942,000 (est) $25,558,465 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $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. 1998 $1,243,348 (est) $2,455,421 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $9,000,000 (est) $17,773,620 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1998 $98,185,348 $190,127,996
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1998 $-42,678,754 $-80,510,987

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