SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Denise Calls Up

Name: Denise Calls Up
Released: Mar 29, 1996
Rating: 65.2

1996 · Hal Salwen · J. Todd Harris · 1 hr 20 min

A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax; all are too busy to meet face-to-face. By phone, Gale plays matchmaker for Jerry and Barbara who hit it off beautifully--via phone and fax. Martin gets a telephone call from somebody he has never met: it's Denise, and she has extraordinary news. Tapping away at his computer, he develops a sort of telephonic friendship with Denise. And so it goes as the friends tap, tap, tap away, sharing news, hopes, and dreams--via phone and fax. Finally Gale has an unfortunate encounter with a phone, Denise has more news for Martin, and Frank plans a gala New Year's Eve party--but will he answer the door?

Comedy

Release year

1996

Release date

March 29, 1996

Franchise

N/A

Genres

Comedy

Runtime

1 hr 20 min

Distributors

Sony Pictures Classics

MPAA rating

PG-13

Directors

Hal Salwen

Screenwriters

Hal Salwen

Writers

N/A

Producers

J. Todd Harris

Studios

Davis EntertainmentRastarSony Pictures Classics

Production companies

N/A

Cinematography

N/A

Edited by

N/A

Music by

N/A

Based on

N/A

Budget

$250K

Estimated Profit

-$248K

Est Profit Inflation Adj

-$510K

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Tim Daly	1996	$37,500	$76,936	(est)
Caroleen Feeney	1996	$5,000	$10,258	(est)
Dan Gunther	1996	$3,125	$6,411	(est)
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson	1996	$12,500	$25,645	(est)
Liev Schreiber	1996	$8,750	$17,952	(est)
Aida Turturro	1996	$5,000	$10,258	(est)
Alanna Ubach	1996	$5,000	$10,258	(est)
Jean La Marre	1996	$750	$1,539	(est)
Mark Blum	1996	$5,000	$10,258	(est)
Sylvia Miles	1996	$5,000	$10,258	(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.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross.	1996	$148,121	$303,889
International International theatrical box office gross.	1996	$0	$0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	1996	$148,121	$296,148

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.	1996	$74,061 (est)	$151,944 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$0	$0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$0	$0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$26,944	$55,280
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $16,313	1996	$16,313	$33,469
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$35,780 (est)	$73,407 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	1996	$153,098	$314,101
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	1996	$250,000	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: $254,721 \| Reg Main Pred: $476,292	1996	$118,000 (est)	$242,092 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$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.	1996	$3,583 (est)	$7,350 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$30,000 (est)	$61,549 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	1996	$401,583	$823,897
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	1996	$-248,484	$-509,796

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