SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
American Gangster
2007 · Ridley Scott · Ridley Scott | Brian Grazer · 2 hr 37 min
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas.
Cast Salaries
Cast Salaries
| Cast | Year | Salary | Inflation adjusted salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denzel Washington | 2007 | $40,000,000In 2007, the Oscar-winning actor took home $40 million from American Gangster.source | $62,112,880 | (rep) |
| Russell Crowe | 2007 | $4,021,852 | $6,245,220 | (est) |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | 2007 | $1,600,805 | $2,485,765 | (est) |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | 2007 | $923,076 | $1,433,373 | (est) |
| Josh Brolin | 2007 | $1,000,000Estimates suggest that he was paid around $1 million for his work on "American Gangster."source | $1,552,822 | (rep) |
| Ted Levine | 2007 | $552,627 | $858,131 | (est) |
| Armand Assante | 2007 | $682,287 | $1,059,470 | (est) |
| John Ortiz | 2007 | $805,035 | $1,250,076 | (est) |
| John Hawkes | 2007 | $133,247 | $206,909 | (est) |
| RZA | 2007 | $234,906 | $364,767 | (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.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. | 2007 | $130,164,645 | $202,122,524 |
| International International theatrical box office gross. | 2007 | $139,590,785 | $216,759,642 |
| Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. | 2007 | $269,755,430 | $408,211,666 |
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.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||
| Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $120,918,637 (est) | $187,765,119 (est) |
| Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $2,307,523 | $3,583,173 |
| Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $988,542 | $1,535,029 |
| Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $16,548,657 | $25,697,119 |
| Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $22,344,722, BluRay $1,300,486 | 2007 | $23,645,208 | $36,716,800 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $26,204,657 (est) | $40,691,168 (est) |
| Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 2007 | $190,613,224 | $295,988,407 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget Production budget. | 2007 | $100,000,000 | $151,326,580 |
| 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: $52,887,898 | Reg Main Pred: $34,301,354 | 2007 | $46,445,000 (est) | $72,120,818 (est) |
| Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $3,426,825 (est) | $5,321,249 (est) |
| Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $4,307,859 (est) | $6,689,338 (est) |
| Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 2007 | $12,000,000 (est) | $18,633,864 (est) |
| Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 2007 | $166,179,684 | $254,091,849 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. | 2007 | $24,433,540 | $41,896,558 |
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Deep Dives & Reports
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