ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Sure Thing

1985 · Rob Reiner · Henry Winkler | Andrew Scheinman | Roger Birnbaum · 1 hr 40 min

A North East college freshman is going through a sexual dry spell, and a friend from high school arranges a beautiful woman for him to meet in California. He and a classmate he has a crush on end up hitchhiking all the way out to Cali.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
John Cusack 1985 $675,000 $2,019,354 (est)
Daphne Zuniga 1985 $289,864 $867,167 (est)
Viveca Lindfors 1985 $195,201 $583,970 (est)
Nicollette Sheridan 1985 $225,000 $673,118 (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. 1985 $18,135,531 $54,254,902
International International theatrical box office gross. 1985 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1985 $18,135,531 $52,872,826
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. 1985 $8,614,377 (est) $25,771,078 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $1,526,862 $4,567,816
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $478,728 1985 $478,728 $1,432,181
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $4,708,182 (est) $14,085,167 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1985 $15,328,150 $45,856,242
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1985 $4,500,000 $13,119,424
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: $4,355,482 | Reg Main Pred: $7,218,414 1985 $5,068,000 (est) $15,161,610 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $457,297 (est) $1,368,066 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $298,899 (est) $894,197 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1985 $517,500 (est) $1,548,171 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1985 $10,841,696 $32,091,468
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1985 $4,486,454 $13,764,774
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