ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Butler

2013 · Lee Daniels · Pamela Oas Williams | Laura Ziskin | Lee Daniels | Buddy Patrick | Cassian Elwes · 2 hr 12 min

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Forest Whitaker 2013 $900,000 $1,243,391 (est)
Oprah Winfrey 2013 $1,358,856 $1,877,321 (est)
Mariah Carey 2013 $375,000 $518,079 (est)
John Cusack 2013 $745,709 $1,030,231 (est)
Jane Fonda 2013 $500,945 $692,078 (est)
Cuba Gooding Jr. 2013 $600,000 $828,927 (est)
Terrence Howard 2013 $397,070 $548,570 (est)
Lenny Kravitz 2013 $518,340 $716,110 (est)
James Marsden 2013 $600,000 $828,927 (est)
David Oyelowo 2013 $516,159 $713,097 (est)
Vanessa Redgrave 2013 $182,302 $251,858 (est)
Alan Rickman 2013 $600,000 $828,927 (est)
Liev Schreiber 2013 $371,302 $512,970 (est)
Robin Williams 2013 $600,000 $828,927 (est)
Clarence Williams III 2013 $141,052 $194,870 (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. 2013 $116,632,095 $161,132,495
International International theatrical box office gross. 2013 $60,681,700 $83,834,503
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2013 $177,313,795 $238,726,770
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. 2013 $82,588,728 (est) $114,100,049 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2013 $8,459,655 $11,687,394
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2013 $6,016,235 $8,311,699
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2013 $6,200,865 $8,566,774
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $8,058,644, BluRay $3,102,913 2013 $11,161,557 $15,420,193
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2013 $21,611,702 (est) $29,857,540 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2013 $136,038,740 $187,943,650
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2013 $30,000,000 $40,390,558
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: 1 | Reg Box Pred: $44,911,594 | Reg Main Pred: $23,384,455 2013 $36,926,000 (est) $51,014,933 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2013 $7,396,001 (est) $10,217,909 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2013 $2,299,055 (est) $3,176,248 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2013 $3,600,000 (est) $4,973,562 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2013 $80,221,056 $109,773,210
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2013 $55,817,684 $78,170,440
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