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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Dead Calm

1989 · Phillip Noyce · Terry Hayes | George Miller | Doug Mitchell · 1 hr 36 min

After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Sam Neill 1989 $875,027 $2,271,542 (est)
Nicole Kidman 1989 $1,000,000 $2,595,968 (est)
Billy Zane 1989 $378,172 $981,722 (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. 1989 $7,825,009 $20,313,471
International International theatrical box office gross. 1989 $126 $327
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1989 $7,825,135 $19,796,329
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. 1989 $3,873,427 (est) $10,055,291 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $1,135,179 $2,946,889
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $447,437 1989 $447,437 $1,161,532
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $2,011,293 (est) $5,221,252 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $7,467,336 $19,384,964
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1989 $10,000,000 $25,298,387
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: $3,098,659 | Reg Main Pred: $3,056,694 1989 $3,086,000 (est) $8,011,156 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $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. 1989 $166,522 (est) $432,285 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $1,190,000 (est) $3,089,202 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $14,442,522 $36,831,030
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1989 $-6,975,185 $-17,446,066
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