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The Butterfly

2003 · Julian Schnabel · Kathleen Kennedy | Jon Kilik · 1 hr 25 min

This is the story of a young girl named Elsa who was raised by a single mother (Isabelle) in the city. Isabelle and Elsa begin the film moving in next door to an elderly man who collects butterflies (Julien). Isabelle who "spends a lot of time with her friends" does not pay much attention to her daughter who walks home because her mother forgot to pick her up from school. After meeting her new neighbor, Elsa finds out about the butterflies and in short annoys Julien for a while. Julien receives a mystery package from a fellow entomologist. Julien sets out on his annual attempt to find a rare species of butterfly that he had once promised his son he would find (son dead) in the French country side, specifically a region known as Vercors. Elsa stows away in his car. After being discovered she convinces him to let her come to Vercors with him. They bond while hiking and camping until Julien, who is initially annoyed by Elsa, near the end of the film seems to have a grandfather-granddaughter relationship with her. Elsa falls in a well. The police arrest Julien. Elsa tells everyone it is cool. Isabelle starts paying attention to her child. Julien and Elsa are friends. The mystery package contained a caterpillar which turned out to become the rare species of butterfly Julien set out to find. The species is called Isabelle. So Elsa finds her mother (Isabelle) and Julien finds the butterfly (Isabelle). Surprisingly happy feel for a french film.

Adventure Comedy Drama Foreign Language
Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Mathieu Amalric 2003 $384,000 $671,791 (est)
Emmanuelle Seigner 2003 $256,000 $447,861 (est)
Marie-Josée Croze 2003 $160,000 $279,913 (est)
Anne Consigny 2003 $281,875 $493,128 (est)
Max von Sydow 2003 $448,000 $783,757 (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. 2003 $189,144 $330,899
International International theatrical box office gross. 2003 $5,794,636 $10,137,464
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2003 $5,983,780 $10,201,694
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. 2003 $2,412,426 (est) $4,220,435 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $3,151 $5,512
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $86,961 $152,134
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $15,115, DVD $92,850 2003 $107,965 $188,881
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $60,258 (est) $105,419 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2003 $2,670,761 $4,672,381
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2003 $12,800,000 $21,822,609
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: $1,852,612 | Reg Main Pred: $4,352,253 2003 $2,394,000 (est) $4,188,199 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $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. 2003 $64,365 (est) $112,604 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2003 $1,536,000 (est) $2,687,165 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2003 $16,794,365 $28,810,577
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2003 $-14,123,604 $-24,138,197
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