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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Benjamin the Elephant

COVID-era release This film was released during the COVID-era box office disruption (March 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021), which may materially affect theatrical performance, downstream revenues, and profitability comparisons.

2020 · David Lynch · Jonathan Sanger · 1 hr 31 min

Benjamin is a big, strong and good-natured elephant who lives in the Newtown zoo. He and his best friend Otto, a caring and courageous 9-year-old boy, love to go on adventures together. But when a shrewd woman threatens to shut down the zoo, Benjamin and Otto must hatch a plan to save Benjamin's home.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Anthony Hopkins 2020 $750,000 $932,863 (est)
John Hurt 2020 $452,230 $562,492 (est)
Anne Bancroft 2020 $350,000 $435,336 (est)
Freddie Jones 2020 $250,000 $310,954 (est)
John Gielgud 2020 $138,162 $171,848 (est)
Wendy Hiller 2020 $100,000 $124,382 (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. 2020 $49 $61
International International theatrical box office gross. 2020 $2,086,382 $2,595,079
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2020 $2,086,431 $2,529,032
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. 2020 $834,577 (est) $1,038,062 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2020 $2,651 $3,297
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2020 $1,591 $1,979
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2020 $206 $256
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $341, BluRay $247 2020 $588 $732
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2020 $185 (est) $230 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2020 $839,798 $1,044,556
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2020 $5,000,000 $6,060,665
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: 0.45 peak streaming like | Peer Count: 0 | Reg Box Pred: $127,921 | Reg Main Pred: $525,218 2020 $88,000 (est) $109,456 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2020 $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. 2020 $12,513 (est) $15,564 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2020 $600,000 (est) $746,291 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2020 $5,700,513 $6,931,975
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2020 $-4,860,715 $-5,887,419
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