ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

2011 · Morgan Spurlock · Jeremy Chilnick | Keith Calder | Abbie Hurewitz | Morgan Spurlock | Jessica Wu · 1 hr 30 min

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Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Morgan Spurlock 2011 $54,000 $77,290 (est)
J. J. Abrams 2011 $85,273 $122,051 (est)
Jimmy Kimmel 2011 $126,000 $180,344 (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. 2011 $638,476 $913,852
International International theatrical box office gross. 2011 $59,773 $85,553
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2011 $698,249 $973,947
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. 2011 $343,147 (est) $491,148 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2011 $40,924 $58,574
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2011 $23,654 $33,856
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2011 $64,693 $92,595
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $81,302, BluRay $22,931 2011 $104,233 $149,189
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2011 $127,083 (est) $181,895 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2011 $703,734 $1,007,257
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2011 $1,800,000 $2,510,716
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: Movie finances itself by own bootstraps movie review (2011) - Roger EbertURL: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-greatest-movie-ever-sold-2011He raises $1.5 million and spent it on this film, he says, although this would be a perfect opportunity for a con of the sort exploited in “The Producers.” 2011 $1,500,000 $2,146,954
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2011 $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. 2011 $12,878 (est) $18,433 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2011 $216,000 (est) $309,161 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2011 $3,528,878 $4,985,264
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2011 $-2,825,144 $-3,978,007
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