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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Kissing a Fool

1998 · Doug Ellin · Stephen Tag Mendillo | Andrew Form | Rick Lashbrook · 1 hr 33 min

Writer Jay and womanizing sportscaster Max have been friends since birth. Jay introduces his editor Samantha to Max and they hit it off. Max wants Jay to try to seduce Sam to test her before their wedding.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
David Schwimmer 1998 $626,759 $1,237,753 (est)
Jason Lee 1998 $878,365 $1,734,636 (est)
Mili Avital 1998 $237,500 $469,026 (est)
Vanessa Angel 1998 $585,508 $1,156,288 (est)
Kari Wuhrer 1998 $304,438 $601,218 (est)
Bonnie Hunt 1998 $380,000 $750,442 (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.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 1998 $4,106,588 $8,109,881
International International theatrical box office gross. 1998 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1998 $4,106,588 $7,903,292
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.

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Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $2,053,294 (est) $4,054,941 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $644,947 $1,273,672
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $429,344, DVD $37,334 1998 $466,679 $921,619
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $958,900 (est) $1,893,680 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1998 $4,123,820 $8,143,912
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1998 $19,000,000 $36,566,258
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: 1 | Peer Count: 0 | Reg Box Pred: $2,682,764 | Reg Main Pred: $3,096,670 1998 $2,801,000 (est) $5,531,545 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $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. 1998 $92,374 (est) $182,424 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $2,280,000 (est) $4,502,650 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1998 $24,173,374 $46,782,877
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1998 $-20,049,554 $-38,638,965
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