Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is suddenly fired because of cut backs, he is ashamed and even more desperate to have his daughter succeed. In a chance meeting Jean kidnaps the most famous pop star in the country and holds her hostage demanding to be heard by the music industry. Catching the attention of the media and the eyes of the nation, Jean and Marva realize that the show must go on until everyone is famous.
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.
2001
$81,734
$148,561
International International theatrical box office gross.
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.
2001
$47,115 (est)
$85,636 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2001
$0
$0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2001
$0
$0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2001
$12,625
$22,948
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $6,060, DVD $6,565
2001
$12,625
$22,948
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2001
$18,496 (est)
$33,619 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.
2001
$90,862
$165,152
Expenses
Budget Production budget.
2001
$250,000
N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A Estimated using Machine LearningsourceSource: 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: $262,153 | Reg Main Pred: $959,990
2001
$80,000 (est)
$145,409 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2001
$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.
2001
$2,044 (est)
$3,716 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2001
$30,000 (est)
$54,529 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.
2001
$362,044
$658,058
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.
