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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Better Than Chocolate

1999 · Anne Wheeler · Sharon McGowan | Peggy Thompson · 1 hr 41 min

Maggie, 19, works at a lesbian/LGBT bookstore. Her mom's getting divorced and has invited herself to stay with Maggie. Maggie hasn't told her, she's lesbian. Her new girlfriend moves in as well.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Wendy Crewson 1999 $240,000 $463,721 (est)
Karyn Dwyer 1999 $47,416 $91,616 (est)
Christina Cox 1999 $20,000 $38,643 (est)
Ann-Marie MacDonald 1999 $24,102 $46,569 (est)
Marya Delver 1999 $23,222 $44,869 (est)
Kevin Mundy 1999 $21,975 $42,459 (est)
Peter Outerbridge 1999 $32,000 $61,830 (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. 1999 $2,015,406 $3,894,113
International International theatrical box office gross. 1999 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1999 $2,015,406 $3,794,915
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. 1999 $1,007,703 (est) $1,947,056 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $311,439 $601,755
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $214,961, DVD $37,934 1999 $252,895 $488,637
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $464,556 (est) $897,602 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1999 $2,036,593 $3,935,050
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1999 $1,600,000 $3,012,725
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: $1,451,484 | Reg Main Pred: $2,154,639 1999 $1,440,000 (est) $2,782,329 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $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. 1999 $45,620 (est) $88,145 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $192,000 (est) $370,977 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1999 $3,277,620 $6,254,176
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1999 $-1,241,027 $-2,319,126
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