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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Alarmist

1998 · Evan Dunsky · Dan Stone | Lisa Zimble · 1 hr 32 min

A young and hungry salesman lands a job with a company that installs alarm systems. He strikes up a sexual relationship with a woman client who is also a single mother and then learns some pretty unsavory things about the business.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
David Arquette 1998 $37,500 $74,057 (est)
Stanley Tucci 1998 $25,000 $49,371 (est)
Mary McCormack 1998 $17,500 $34,560 (est)
Kate Capshaw 1998 $12,500 $24,686 (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. 1998 $59,864 $118,222
International International theatrical box office gross. 1998 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1998 $59,864 $115,211

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. 1998 $29,932 (est) $59,111 (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 $10,381 $20,501
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $6,979, DVD $607 1998 $7,586 $14,982
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $14,409 (est) $28,456 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1998 $62,309 $123,050
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1998 $250,000 N/A
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: $156,361 | Reg Main Pred: $452,049 1998 $80,000 (est) $157,988 (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 $1,396 (est) $2,756 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1998 $30,000 (est) $59,245 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1998 $361,396 $713,701
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1998 $-299,087 $-590,651

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