SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
The Big Town
1987 · Ben Bolt | Harold Becker (uncredited) · Martin Ransohoff · 1 hr 49 min
A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.
Cast Salaries
Cast Salaries
| Cast | Year | Salary | Inflation adjusted salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Dillon | 1987 | $600,000Estimated salary from the movie The Big Town as J. C. Cullen. $600,000.source | $1,700,176 | (rep) |
| Diane Lane | 1987 | $1,350,000 | $3,825,396 | (est) |
| Tommy Lee Jones | 1987 | $945,000 | $2,677,777 | (est) |
| Bruce Dern | 1987 | $171,142 | $484,953 | (est) |
| Tom Skerritt | 1987 | $355,996 | $1,008,760 | (est) |
| Lee Grant | 1987 | $141,754 | $401,678 | (est) |
| Suzy Amis | 1987 | $203,965 | $577,961 | (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.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $1,733,017 | $4,910,723 |
| International International theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $0 | $0 |
| Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. | 1987 | $1,733,017 | $4,785,629 |
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.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||
| Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $840,513 (est) | $2,381,701 (est) |
| Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $0 | $0 |
| Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $0 | $0 |
| Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $213,500 | $604,979 |
| Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $78,398 | 1987 | $78,398 | $222,152 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $460,491 (est) | $1,304,859 (est) |
| Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1987 | $1,592,902 | $4,513,690 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget Production budget. | 1987 | $13,500,000 | $37,279,489 |
| 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: $1,274,849 | Reg Main Pred: $2,173,399 | 1987 | $1,386,000 (est) | $3,927,407 (est) |
| Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $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. | 1987 | $33,292 (est) | $94,336 (est) |
| Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1987 | $1,579,500 (est) | $4,475,713 (est) |
| Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1987 | $16,498,792 | $45,776,946 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. | 1987 | $-14,905,889 | $-41,263,255 |
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