ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985 · Tim Burton · Robert Shapiro | William E. McEuen | Richard Gilbert Abramson · 1 hr 31 min

When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Paul Reubens 1985 $259,061 $775,016 (est)
Elizabeth Daily 1985 $140,000 $418,829 (est)
Mark Holton 1985 $87,500 $261,768 (est)
Diane Salinger 1985 $152,547 $456,365 (est)
Judd Omen 1985 $130,487 $390,370 (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. 1985 $40,940,662 $122,479,546
International International theatrical box office gross. 1985 $1,286 $3,847
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1985 $40,941,948 $119,363,281
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. 1985 $19,447,284 (est) $58,179,188 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $3,395,028 $10,156,687
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $1,063,442 1985 $1,063,442 $3,181,430
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $10,571,621 (est) $31,626,440 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1985 $34,477,375 $103,143,744
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1985 $7,000,000 $20,407,993
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: $7,271,652 | Reg Main Pred: $9,935,209 1985 $7,985,000 (est) $23,888,211 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $1,666,394 (est) $4,985,243 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $672,309 (est) $2,011,303 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $805,000 (est) $2,408,267 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1985 $18,128,702 $53,701,016
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1985 $16,348,672 $49,442,729
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