SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
Can't Buy Me Love
1987 · Steve Rash · Thom Mount · 1 hr 34 min
An outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month.
SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
1987 · Steve Rash · Thom Mount · 1 hr 34 min
An outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month.
| Cast | Year | Salary | Inflation adjusted salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Dempsey | 1987 | $852,958 | $2,416,965 | (est) |
| Amanda Peterson | 1987 | $289,600 | $820,618 | (est) |
| Dennis Dugan | 1987 | $248,148 | $703,159 | (est) |
Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $31,623,833 | $89,610,139 |
| International International theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $0 | $0 |
| Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $31,623,833 | $87,327,433 |
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. | 1987 | $15,337,559 (est) | $43,460,918 (est) |
| Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $0 | $0 |
| Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $0 | $0 |
| Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $3,565,436 | $10,103,115 |
| Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $1,294,934 | 1987 | $1,294,934 | $3,669,359 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $8,126,408 (est) | $23,027,207 (est) |
| Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1987 | $28,324,337 | $80,260,599 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget Production budget. | 1987 | $14,480,000 | 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: 2 | Reg Box Pred: $6,936,626 | Reg Main Pred: $10,692,142 | 1987 | $7,898,000 (est) | $22,379,984 (est) |
| Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $349,549 (est) | $990,491 (est) |
| Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $591,979 (est) | $1,677,447 (est) |
| Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $1,694,160 (est) | $4,800,617 (est) |
| Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1987 | $25,013,688 | $70,879,454 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. | 1987 | $3,310,649 | $9,381,144 |
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