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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Witless Protection

2008 · Charles Robert Carner · J.P. Williams | Alan C. Blomquist · 1 hr 39 min

When a small-town sheriff witnesses what he believes to be an attempted kidnapping, his effort to save the beautiful damsel in distress sets him down a wild path of comic mishap.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Larry the Cable Guy 2008 $1,125,000 $1,682,013 (est)
Ivana Miličević 2008 $197,707 $295,596 (est)
Yaphet Kotto 2008 $275,351 $411,684 (est)
Peter Stormare 2008 $375,000 $560,671 (est)
Eric Roberts 2008 $96,836 $144,782 (est)
Joe Mantegna 2008 $150,000 $224,268 (est)
Jenny McCarthy 2008 $104,111 $155,659 (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. 2008 $4,161,625 $6,222,142
International International theatrical box office gross. 2008 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2008 $4,161,625 $6,063,640
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. 2008 $2,080,813 (est) $3,111,071 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $119,233 $178,267
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $53,616 $80,163
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $663,904 $992,618
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $904,547, BluRay $100,505 2008 $1,005,052 $1,502,676
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $887,679 (est) $1,327,189 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2008 $4,810,296 $7,191,984
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2008 $7,500,000 $10,927,775
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: 'Witless Protection' plots a wise course - Los Angeles TimesURL: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-22-fi-projector22-story.htmlWilliams, who gambled $6.2 million to produce “Witless” and is covering two-thirds of the movie's $12-million marketing budget, expects to at least break even if it matches “Delta Farce” theatrically. 2008 $12,000,000 $17,941,477
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 $102,940 (est) $153,908 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $900,000 (est) $1,345,611 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2008 $20,502,940 $30,368,771
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2008 $-15,692,645 $-23,176,787
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