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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

1985 · Bill L. Norton · Jonathan T. Taplin | Roger Spottiswoode · 1 hr 35 min

Paleontologist Susan Matthews and her husband George Loomis discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa and try to protect them from Dr. Eric Kiviat, the leader of a group of hunters intent on capturing the dinosaurs.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
William Katt 1985 $390,000 $1,166,738 (est)
Sean Young 1985 $350,071 $1,047,285 (est)
Patrick McGoohan 1985 $629,236 $1,882,445 (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. 1985 $14,972,297 $44,791,658
International International theatrical box office gross. 1985 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1985 $14,972,297 $43,650,647

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. 1985 $7,111,841 (est) $21,276,038 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $1,278,889 $3,825,969
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $401,342 1985 $401,342 $1,200,670
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $3,907,151 (est) $11,688,773 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1985 $12,699,223 $37,991,450
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1985 $13,000,000 $37,900,558
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: 3 | Peer Median: $6,000,000 | Reg Box Pred: $4,281,375 | Reg Main Pred: $6,431,301 1985 $5,407,000 (est) $16,175,774 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $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. 1985 $247,635 (est) $740,833 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $1,495,000 (est) $4,472,495 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1985 $20,149,635 $59,289,660
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1985 $-7,450,411 $-21,298,210

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