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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005 · Garth Jennings · Gary Barber | Roger Birnbaum | Jonathan Glickman | Nick Goldsmith | Jay Roach · 1 hr 49 min

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Sam Rockwell 2005 $1,500,000 $2,472,350 (est)
Mos Def 2005 $750,000 $1,236,175 (est)
Zooey Deschanel 2005 $431,885 $711,847 (est)
Martin Freeman 2005 $1,466,842 $2,417,698 (est)
Bill Nighy 2005 $596,102 $982,515 (est)
Anna Chancellor 2005 $221,794 $365,568 (est)
John Malkovich 2005 $559,279 $921,822 (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. 2005 $51,085,416 $84,200,693
International International theatrical box office gross. 2005 $53,393,000 $88,004,131
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2005 $104,478,416 $167,818,121
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. 2005 $46,899,908 (est) $77,301,999 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2005 $611,342 $1,007,634
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2005 $111,066 $183,062
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2005 $8,189,670 $13,498,488
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $238,142, DVD $11,668,953 2005 $11,907,095 $19,625,673
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2005 $10,806,065 (est) $17,810,919 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2005 $78,525,146 $129,427,775
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2005 $50,000,000 $80,312,340
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: 3 | Peer Median: $60,000,000 | Reg Box Pred: $27,055,881 | Reg Main Pred: $36,330,373 2005 $44,474,000 (est) $73,303,536 (est)
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 $1,939,571 (est) $3,196,866 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2005 $6,000,000 (est) $9,889,401 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2005 $102,413,571 $166,702,143
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2005 $-23,888,425 $-37,274,368
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