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The Elephant King

2008 · Gus Van Sant · Dany Wolf · 1 hr 32 min

The story of two brothers who lead totally different lives. Jake Hunt enjoys life to the fullest in Thailand, while his shy brother Oliver deals with his own depressions back home in the USA. Their dominant mother wants Jake back home and for this reason, Oliver is sent to Thailand to retrieve his brother. Once there, Oliver finds himself in Jake's bizarre life and falls in love with a beautiful girl, Lek. However, it is not a coincidence that she and Oliver have met.

Drama Romance
Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Alex Frost 2008 $99,848 $149,285 (est)
Eric Deulen 2008 $61,464 $91,896 (est)
John Robinson 2008 $183,434 $274,256 (est)
Elias McConnell 2008 $37,836 $56,569 (est)
Jordan Taylor 2008 $32,364 $48,388 (est)
Carrie Finklea 2008 $28,486 $42,590 (est)
Nicole George 2008 $25,572 $38,233 (est)
Brittany Mountain 2008 $23,290 $34,821 (est)
Alicia Miles 2008 $21,447 $32,066 (est)
Kristen Hicks 2008 $19,922 $29,786 (est)
Bennie Dixon 2008 $18,637 $27,865 (est)
Nathan Tyson 2008 $17,535 $26,217 (est)
Timothy Bottoms 2008 $44,176 $66,049 (est)
Matt Malloy 2008 $12,344 $18,456 (est)
Ellis E. Williams 2008 $15,000 $22,427 (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. 2008 $22,251 $33,268
International International theatrical box office gross. 2008 $38,871 $58,117
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2008 $61,122 $89,057
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. 2008 $26,674 (est) $39,881 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $685 $1,024
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $303 $452
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $3,840 $5,741
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $5,264, BluRay $585 2008 $5,849 $8,745
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $4,841 (est) $7,238 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2008 $42,192 $63,082
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2008 $3,000,000 $4,371,110
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: $228,031 | Reg Main Pred: $691,488 2008 $80,000 (est) $119,610 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $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. 2008 $903 (est) $1,350 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $360,000 (est) $538,244 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2008 $3,440,903 $5,030,314
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2008 $-3,398,711 $-4,967,233
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