ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Stop Making Sense

1984 · Jonathan Demme · Gary Goetzman · 1 hr 28 min

A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Talking Heads 1984 $180,000 $557,671 (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. 1984 $4,949,438 $15,334,207
International International theatrical box office gross. 1984 $677,856 $2,100,114
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1984 $5,627,294 $16,990,203
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. 1984 $2,571,620 (est) $7,967,318 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $326,423 $1,011,314
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $103,309 1984 $103,309 $320,068
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $1,285,200 (est) $3,981,770 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1984 $4,286,551 $13,280,471
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1984 $1,200,000 $3,623,099
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: $1,249,549 | Reg Main Pred: $2,065,912 1984 $1,080,000 (est) $3,346,025 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $162,892 (est) $504,667 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $79,730 (est) $247,017 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $136,800 (est) $423,830 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1984 $2,659,422 $8,144,638
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1984 $1,627,130 $5,135,833
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