SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Better Than Something: Jay Reatard

Name: Better Than Something: Jay Reatard
Released: Mar 2, 2012
Rating: 83.2

2012 · 1 hr 29 min

For Jimmy Lee Lindsay, life was a mosh pit. Whether it was growing up among crack addicts on the rough side of Memphis, or his years in the rough-and-tumble underground rock scene of the '00s, the man the world came to know as Jay Reatard always had to fight in order to create, to grow, to live, to rise above. For the first time, filmmakers Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz tell Reatard's difficult, tragic, and ultimately inspiring story, tracing his steps from a poverty-stricken childhood to his teen years as a two-fisted tunesmith slugging it out with fans and band-mates alike to his final years as a surprisingly thoughtful and restlessly creative man. While Reatard died too young, his music-and the story that made it possible-is as vital and thrilling as ever.

Biography Documentary Drama

Release year

2012

Release date

March 2, 2012

Franchise

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Genres

BiographyDocumentaryDrama

Runtime

1 hr 29 min

Distributors

Better Than SomethingLLC

MPAA rating

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Directors

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Screenwriters

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Writers

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Producers

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Studios

Better Than SomethingLLC

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Based on

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Budget

$215K

Estimated Profit

-$297K

Est Profit Inflation Adj

-$416K

Cast Salaries

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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.	2012	$21,697	$30,419
International International theatrical box office gross.	2012	$0	$0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2012	$21,697	$29,644

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.	2012	$10,849 (est)	$15,210 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2012	$1,862	$2,610
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2012	$1,188	$1,665
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2012	$2,235	$3,134
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $2,809, BluRay $987	2012	$3,796	$5,322
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2012	$4,388 (est)	$6,151 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2012	$24,317	$34,093
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	2012	$215,000	N/A
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: 0 \| Reg Box Pred: $55,797 \| Reg Main Pred: $289,122	2012	$80,000 (est)	$112,160 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2012	$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.	2012	$428 (est)	$600 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2012	$25,800 (est)	$36,172 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2012	$321,228	$450,363
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2012	$-296,911	$-416,270

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