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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

First Signal

COVID-era release This film was released during the COVID-era box office disruption (March 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021), which may materially affect theatrical performance, downstream revenues, and profitability comparisons.

2021 · William Eubank · Nimra Rafaqat | Brian Kavanaugh-Jones | Tyler Davidson · 1 hr 42 min

When Air Force Space Command receives a signal from an alien satellite in Earth orbit an emergency meeting with the President reveals a government conspiracy.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Brenton Thwaites 2021 $600,000 $712,694 (est)
Olivia Cooke 2021 $350,736 $416,612 (est)
Beau Knapp 2021 $92,861 $110,302 (est)
Lin Shaye 2021 $166,265 $197,493 (est)
Robert Longstreet 2021 $20,000 $23,756 (est)
Laurence Fishburne 2021 $80,000 $95,026 (est)

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. 2021 $880 $1,045
International International theatrical box office gross. 2021 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2021 $880 $1,019

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. 2021 $440 (est) $523 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $2,158 $2,564
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $1,314 $1,561
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $141 $168
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $243, BluRay $207 2021 $450 $535
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $281 (est) $333 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2021 $4,785 $5,683
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2021 $4,000,000 $4,630,258
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: 0.45 peak streaming like | Peer Count: 0 | Reg Box Pred: $22,782 | Reg Main Pred: $157,157 2021 $80,000 (est) $95,026 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $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. 2021 $67 (est) $80 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2021 $480,000 (est) $570,155 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2021 $4,560,067 $5,295,519
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2021 $-4,555,282 $-5,289,835

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