SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
Scream
1996 · Wes Craven · Cathy Konrad | Cary Woods · 1 hr 51 min
A year after her mother's murder, a California teenager and her friends are stalked by a masked killer who turns real violence into a deadly horror-movie game.
Cast Salaries
| Cast | Year | Salary | Inflation adjusted salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Arquette | 1996 | $842,484 | $1,728,462 | (est) |
| Neve Campbell | 1996 | $1,500,000Campbell was reportedly paid $1.5 million (NZ$2.3 million) for the first moviesource | $3,077,438 | (rep) |
| Courteney Cox | 1996 | $1,000,000Cox has according to Forbessource | $2,051,625 | (rep) |
| Matthew Lillard | 1996 | $319,242 | $654,965 | (est) |
| Rose McGowan | 1996 | $273,076 | $560,249 | (est) |
| Skeet Ulrich | 1996 | $240,357 | $493,122 | (est) |
| Drew Barrymore | 1996 | $215,771 | $442,681 | (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. | 1996 | $103,046,663 | $211,413,135 |
| International International theatrical box office gross. | 1996 | $70,000,000 | $143,613,767 |
| Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. | 1996 | $173,046,663 | N/A |
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. | 1996 | $78,963,332 (est) | $162,003,164 (est) |
| Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1996 | $0 | $0 |
| Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1996 | $0 | $0 |
| Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1996 | $16,959,889 | $34,795,335 |
| Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $10,115,834 | 1996 | $10,115,834 | $20,753,900 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1996 | $24,112,974 (est) | $49,470,786 (est) |
| Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1996 | $130,152,028 | $267,023,185 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget Production budget. sourceSource: Scream (1996) - Box Office MojoURL: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0117571/Budget listed by Box Office Mojo as $14,000,000. | 1996 | $14,000,000 | N/A |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A Estimated using Machine Learning sourceSource: ScreenProfits P&A estimateNo reliable reported P&A source was found during research; retained the ScreenProfits estimate based on peer-title and regression modeling. | 1996 | $17,179,000 (est) | $35,244,870 (est) |
| Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1996 | $10,555,717 (est) | $21,656,375 (est) |
| Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1996 | $3,045,557 (est) | $6,248,343 (est) |
| Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1996 | $1,680,000 (est) | $3,446,730 (est) |
| Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1996 | $46,460,274 | $95,319,071 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. | 1996 | $83,691,754 | $171,704,114 |
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