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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

A Fish Tale

2003 · Tim Burton · Richard D. Zanuck | Bruce Cohen | Dan Jinks · 1 hr 20 min

Three children accidentally get turned into fish after drinking a potion made by an eccentric scientist. When the kids end up in the sea, they must find the antidote within 48 hours or remain as fish forever.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Ewan McGregor 2003 $1,500,000 $2,624,185 (est)
Albert Finney 2003 $860,117 $1,504,737 (est)
Billy Crudup 2003 $470,421 $822,981 (est)
Jessica Lange 2003 $643,265 $1,125,364 (est)
Helena Bonham Carter 2003 $752,183 $1,315,911 (est)
Alison Lohman 2003 $852,483 $1,491,382 (est)
Robert Guillaume 2003 $378,864 $662,806 (est)
Marion Cotillard 2003 $1,123,026 $1,964,685 (est)
Steve Buscemi 2003 $325,728 $569,847 (est)
Danny DeVito 2003 $1,065,196 $1,863,514 (est)
Box Office

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.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 2003 $563,911 $986,538
International International theatrical box office gross. 2003 $5,031,416 $8,802,244
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2003 $5,595,327 $9,539,424
Earnings / Profitability

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.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $2,294,522 (est) $4,014,166 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $6,217 $10,876
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $179,852 $314,643
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $30,982, DVD $190,316 2003 $221,298 $387,151
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $152,654 (est) $267,061 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2003 $2,854,542 $4,993,897
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2003 $70,000,000 $119,342,391
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: 1 | Reg Box Pred: $2,906,140 | Reg Main Pred: $8,161,269 2003 $3,961,000 (est) $6,929,597 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $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. 2003 $68,794 (est) $120,353 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $8,400,000 (est) $14,695,435 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2003 $82,429,794 $141,087,776
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2003 $-79,575,252 $-136,093,879
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