SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Great Role

Name: The Great Role
Released: May 6, 2005
Rating: 54.1

2005 · John Dahl · Lawrence Bender | Marty Katz · 1 hr 29 min

When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of Shylock. Thinking he has finally been cast in an important film role after years of obscurity, Maurice rushes home to tell his beloved wife, Perla. Later, Maurice discovers the part has gone to a famous American star, but he must play the role of his life to be sure Perla, who has become very ill with cancer, doesn't find out.

Comedy Drama Foreign Language Romance

Release year

2005

Release date

May 6, 2005

Franchise

N/A

Genres

ComedyDramaForeign LanguageRomance

Runtime

1 hr 29 min

Distributors

First Run

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

John Dahl

Screenwriters

Daniel Cohen

Writers

N/A

Producers

Lawrence BenderMarty Katz

Studios

Miramax Films

Production companies

N/A

Cinematography

Peter MenziesJr.

Edited by

Scott ChestnutPietro Scalia

Music by

Trevor Rabin

Based on

William BreuerGhost Soldiersby Hampton Sides

Budget

$80M

Estimated Profit

-$108M

Est Profit Inflation Adj

-$175M

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Benjamin Bratt	2005	$1,500,000	$2,472,350	(est)
James Franco	2005	$1,403,702	$2,313,629	(est)
Connie Nielsen	2005	$1,069,269	$1,762,405	(est)
Marton Csokas	2005	$849,315	$1,399,869	(est)
Joseph Fiennes	2005	$969,294	$1,597,623	(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.	2005	$11,419	$18,821
International International theatrical box office gross.	2005	$219,743	$362,188
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2005	$231,162	$371,303

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.	2005	$93,607 (est)	$154,286 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2005	$36,119	$59,532
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2005	$4,023	$6,631
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2005	$468,259	$771,800
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $15,246, DVD $747,038	2005	$762,284	$1,256,422
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2005	$152,341 (est)	$251,093 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2005	$1,516,632	$2,499,763
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	2005	$80,000,000	$128,499,744
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: The Great Raid (2005): Lost $30 Million - Bomb ReportURL: https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2005-2/the-great-raid/The Great Raid was dated for August 12, 2005 and was supported by a $20 million P&A spend.	2005	$20,000,000	$32,964,670
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2005	$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.	2005	$37,461 (est)	$61,744 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2005	$9,600,000 (est)	$15,823,041 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2005	$109,637,461	$177,349,199
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2005	$-108,120,829	$-174,849,436

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