SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
Dirty Dancing
1987 · Emile Ardolino · Linda Gottlieb · 1 hr 40 min
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Cast Salaries
Cast Salaries
| Cast | Year | Salary | Inflation adjusted salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Swayze | 1987 | $200,000TIL Patrick Swayze fik kun $200.000 for Dirty Dancing, mens han fik $5 millioner for sin cameo i Dirty Dancing Havana Nights.source | $566,725 | (rep) |
| Jennifer Grey | 1987 | $340,536 | $964,952 | (est) |
| Jerry Orbach | 1987 | $275,410 | $780,409 | (est) |
| Cynthia Rhodes | 1987 | $300,000 | $850,088 | (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. | 1987 | $63,446,382 | $179,783,366 |
| International International theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $53,903 | $152,741 |
| Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $63,500,285 | $175,352,460 |
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.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||
| Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $30,791,493 (est) | $87,251,599 (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 | $6,994,709 | $19,820,395 |
| Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $2,532,909 | 1987 | $2,532,909 | $7,177,318 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $16,171,185 (est) | $45,823,102 (est) |
| Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1987 | $56,490,296 | $160,072,415 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget Production budget. | 1987 | $6,000,000 | $16,568,662 |
| 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: $9,618,944 | Reg Main Pred: $9,995,231 | 1987 | $7,500,000 (est) | $21,252,201 (est) |
| Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $3,925,780 (est) | $11,124,197 (est) |
| Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $1,180,647 (est) | $3,345,513 (est) |
| Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $702,000 (est) | $1,989,206 (est) |
| Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1987 | $19,308,428 | $54,279,779 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. | 1987 | $37,181,868 | $105,792,636 |
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