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ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Author! Author!

1982 · Arthur Hiller · Irwin Winkler · 1 hr 50 min

While facing the stress of his original play being produced on Broadway, playwright Ivan Travalian deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Al Pacino 1982 $1,502,878 $5,013,227 (est)
Dyan Cannon 1982 $274,798 $916,658 (est)
Tuesday Weld 1982 $194,855 $649,988 (est)
Bob Dishy 1982 $235,958 $787,097 (est)
Alan King 1982 $266,063 $887,520 (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. 1982 $13,111,101 $43,735,372
International International theatrical box office gross. 1982 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1982 $13,111,101 $42,621,268

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. 1982 $6,031,106 (est) $20,118,271 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1982 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1982 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1982 $458,733 $1,530,219
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $152,911 1982 $152,911 $510,073
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1982 $3,572,324 (est) $11,916,385 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1982 $10,215,075 $34,074,948
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1982 $10,090,000 N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: Author! Author! - Film SuitsURL: https://filmsuits.com/author-author/Theatrical distribution expenses ….. $10,900,000. 1982 $10,900,000 $36,359,689
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1982 $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. 1982 $172,635 (est) $575,867 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1982 $1,130,080 (est) $3,769,666 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1982 $22,292,715 $74,362,952
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1982 $-12,077,640 $-40,288,004

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