ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Look Who's Talking

1989 · Amy Heckerling · Jonathan D. Krane · 1 hr 33 min

After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn baby is narrated through voice-over.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
John Travolta 1989 $1,125,000 $2,920,464 (est)
Kirstie Alley 1989 $517,939 $1,344,553 (est)
Olympia Dukakis 1989 $190,383 $494,228 (est)
George Segal 1989 $375,000 $973,488 (est)
Abe Vigoda 1989 $171,084 $444,129 (est)
Bruce Willis 1989 $10,000,000After that movie became the surprise hit of 1989, earning $140 million at the box office, Willis' total take-home was a cool $10 million for what was reportedly four days of voice work.source $25,959,677 (rep)
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. 1989 $140,088,813 $363,666,040
International International theatrical box office gross. 1989 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1989 $140,088,813 $354,402,102
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. 1989 $69,343,962 (est) $180,014,690 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $19,267,704 $50,018,337
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $7,524,082 1989 $7,524,082 $19,532,274
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $35,305,730 (est) $91,652,535 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $131,441,478 $341,217,836
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1989 $7,500,000 $18,973,790
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: $16,156,082 | Reg Main Pred: $8,044,985 1989 $9,375,000 (est) $24,337,198 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $10,908,169 (est) $28,317,255 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $2,931,145 (est) $7,609,158 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $892,500 (est) $2,316,901 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $31,606,814 $81,554,302
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1989 $99,834,664 $259,663,534
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