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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Great Train Robbery

1979 · Michael Crichton · John Foreman · 1 hr 50 min

England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Sean Connery 1979 $1,050,000 $4,655,579 (est)
Donald Sutherland 1979 $516,132 $2,288,470 (est)
Lesley-Anne Down 1979 $200,000and $200,000 for The First Great Train Robberysource $886,777 (rep)
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. 1979 $13,027,857 $57,764,011
International International theatrical box office gross. 1979 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1979 $13,027,857 $56,292,545
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. 1979 $5,797,396 (est) $25,704,985 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $153,727 $681,609
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $54,897 1979 $54,897 $243,409
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $3,419,136 (est) $15,160,053 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1979 $9,425,157 $41,790,056
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1979 $7,000,000 $30,246,556
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: $3,329,017 | Reg Main Pred: $2,868,843 1979 $3,184,000 (est) $14,117,488 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $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. 1979 $151,745 (est) $672,820 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $763,000 (est) $3,383,054 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1979 $11,098,745 $48,419,918
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1979 $-1,673,588 $-6,629,862
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