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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Warriors

1979 · Walter Hill · Lawrence Gordon · 1 hr 33 min

A street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Michael Beck 1979 $394,754 $1,750,294 (est)
James Remar 1979 $275,093 $1,219,731 (est)
Deborah Van Valkenburgh 1979 $136,083 $603,376 (est)
Marcelino Sánchez 1979 $53,899 $238,982 (est)
David Harris 1979 $46,105 $204,424 (est)
Tom McKitterick 1979 $40,581 $179,931 (est)
Brian Tyler 1979 $36,430 $161,526 (est)
Dorsey Wright 1979 $80,000 $354,711 (est)
Terry Michos 1979 $30,553 $135,468 (est)
David Patrick Kelly 1979 $80,000 $354,711 (est)
Roger Hill 1979 $26,549 $117,715 (est)
Edward Sewer 1979 $24,980 $110,758 (est)
Lynne Thigpen 1979 $23,619 $104,724 (est)

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. 1979 $22,490,039 $99,718,231
International International theatrical box office gross. 1979 $4,616 $20,467
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1979 $22,495,052 $97,199,694

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. 1979 $10,009,669 (est) $44,381,715 (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 $257,513 $1,141,783
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $91,710 1979 $91,710 $406,632
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $5,838,830 (est) $25,888,697 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1979 $16,197,722 $71,818,826
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1979 $4,000,000 $17,283,747
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: The world's most comprehensive Film database - AFI|CatalogURL: https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/57209The box-office performance was impressive for a film that cost approximately $4 million to make and $2 million to market, but the success was overshadowed by violence at theaters showing the film. 1979 $2,000,000 $8,867,769
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $793,328 (est) $3,517,526 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $260,783 (est) $1,156,283 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1979 $436,000 (est) $1,933,174 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1979 $7,490,112 $32,758,498
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1979 $8,707,611 $39,060,328

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