SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Fear and Trembling

Name: Fear and Trembling
Released: Nov 19, 2004
Rating: 80.85

2004 · Alain Corneau · Alain Sarde · 1 hr 47 min

A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a one-year contract as an interpreter. The vice president and section leader, both men, are boors, but her immediate supervisor, Ms. Mori, is beautiful and trustworthy. Amélie's downfall begins when she speaks perfect Japanese to clients. She compounds her failure by writing an excellent report for an enterprising colleague. The person she least expects to stab her in the back exposes her work. Thus begins her humiliations. What can become of her and of her relationship with Ms. Mori and with Japan?

Comedy Drama Foreign Language

Release year

2004

Release date

November 19, 2004

Franchise

N/A

Genres

ComedyDramaForeign Language

Runtime

1 hr 47 min

Distributors

The Cinema Guild

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

Alain Corneau

Screenwriters

Alain Corneau

Writers

N/A

Producers

Alain Sarde

Studios

BAC Films

Production companies

N/A

Cinematography

Yves Angelo

Edited by

Thierry Derocles

Music by

N/A

Based on

Fear and Tremblingby Amélie Nothomb

Budget

$5M

Estimated Profit

-$6M

Est Profit Inflation Adj

-$10M

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Sylvie Testud	2004	$217,182	$370,095	(est)
Kaori Tsuji	2004	$212,373	$361,900	(est)
Taro Suwa	2004	$66,250	$112,895	(est)
Bison Katayama	2004	$130,731	$222,776	(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.	2004	$126,684	$215,879
International International theatrical box office gross.	2004	$11,752	$20,026
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2004	$138,436	$229,896

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.	2004	$68,043 (est)	$115,950 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2004	$1,068	$1,819
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2004	$0	$0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2004	$21,778	$37,111
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $2,236, DVD $25,719	2004	$27,955	$47,637
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2004	$27,238 (est)	$46,416 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2004	$146,081	$248,933
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	2004	$5,300,000	$8,801,535
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: $455,517 \| Reg Main Pred: $1,086,280	2004	$111,000 (est)	$189,152 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2004	$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.	2004	$3,623 (est)	$6,174 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2004	$636,000 (est)	$1,083,792 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2004	$6,050,623	$10,080,654
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2004	$-5,904,542	$-9,831,720

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