Deal of the Century (1983) Profit, Box Office & Budget

Synopsis

Small-time arms dealer Eddie Muntz visits South America to sell weapons to the revolutionaries and winds up negotiating the sale of an experimental plane to the nation's dictator.

Scores

Overall Score

33.2

Popularity Percentile (Year)

26.7%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

47.7%

Review Aggregate

22.4

Critic Consensus

14.3% Fresh • 7 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 14% of 7 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, macabre, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
Chevy Chase	1983	$962,000	$3,030,000	(est)
Sigourney Weaver	1983	$592,000	$1,865,000	(est)
Gregory Hines	1983	$446,000	$1,404,000	(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score10.0

RT critic review count10

Rotten Tomatoes audience score19.0

RT audience rating count500

IMDb rating4.7

IMDb votes4,622

Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	1983	$10,369,581	$32,660,016
International	1983	N/A	N/A
Worldwide	1983	$10,369,581	$32,660,016

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue	1983	$5,184,790	$16,330,008
Digital Rentals ?	1983	N/A	N/A
Digital Purchases ?	1983	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	1983	$4,709,000	$14,831,459
Physical Purchases ?	1983	$3,254,000	$10,248,793
TV & Streaming Revenue	1983	$2,488,699	$7,838,404
Total Revenues	1983	$15,636,490	$49,248,664
Expenses
Budget ?	1983	$10,000,000	$31,495,984
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	1983	$3,234,000 (est)	$10,185,801 (est)
Participations	1983	$313,000	$985,824
Residuals ?	1983	$700,000	$2,204,719
Interest & Overhead	1983	$2,000,000	$6,299,197
Total Expenses	1983	$16,247,000	$51,171,525
Movie Net Profit or Loss	1983	$-610,510	$-1,922,862

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