Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
2008 · 1 hr 30 min
Legendary jazz trumpeter, Jack Sheldon, is just 'trying to get good' - not only on his horn, but in his life as well. Wrestling with his demons of drugs, alcohol and unspeakable personal tragedy, Jack's musical journey through the decades reveals one artist's 'divine dissatisfaction' in the pursuit of excellence.
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.
2008
$19,712
$29,472
International International theatrical box office gross.
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.
2008
$9,856 (est)
$14,736 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2008
$634
$948
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2008
$277
$414
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2008
$3,569
$5,336
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $4,910, BluRay $546
2008
$5,455
$8,156
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2008
$4,344 (est)
$6,494 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.
2008
$24,136
$36,086
Expenses
Budget Production budget.
2008
$250,000
N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A Estimated using Machine LearningsourceSource: 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: $48,852 | Reg Main Pred: $282,891
2008
$80,000 (est)
$119,610 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2008
$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.
2008
$517 (est)
$772 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.
2008
$30,000 (est)
$44,854 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.
2008
$360,517
$539,017
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.