SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Bitter Sugar

Name: Bitter Sugar
Released: Oct 11, 1996
Rating: 71.166666666667

Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba is tested: his father, a psychiatrist, can make four times as much playing piano at a hotel for foreigners; his sweetheart, Yolanda, wants a career as a dancer and longs for the riches of Miami; his younger brother Bobby simply wants to play rock music, and as a result is in constant trouble with the authorities. When Bobby takes a shocking step of revolt and Gustavo is refused service at a foreigners-only bar, the contradictions in his resolve to become a "new man" push him to the breaking point.

Drama Foreign Language Romance

Release year

1996

Release date

October 11, 1996

Franchise

N/A

Genres

DramaForeign LanguageRomance

Runtime

1 hr 45 min

Distributors

First Look International

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

Leon Ichaso

Screenwriters

León Ichaso

Writers

N/A

Producers

Leon IchasoJulio CarilloPurita CarilloClaudio CheaPelayo GarcíaMari Rodriguez IchasoJaime PinaLisa Rhoden

Studios

First Look International

Production companies

N/A

Cinematography

N/A

Edited by

N/A

Music by

N/A

Based on

N/A

Budget

$495K

Estimated Profit

-$460K

Est Profit Inflation Adj

-$944K

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Rene Lavan	1996	$14,850	$30,467	(est)
Mayte Vilán	1996	$9,900	$20,311	(est)
Miguel Gutiérrez	1996	$6,188	$12,695	(est)
Larry Villanueva	1996	$3,960	$8,124	(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.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross.	1996	$450,060	$923,354
International International theatrical box office gross.	1996	$0	$0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	1996	$450,060	$899,833

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.	1996	$225,030 (est)	$461,677 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$0	$0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$0	$0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$81,910	$168,048
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $49,596	1996	$49,596	$101,752
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$108,734 (est)	$223,081 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	1996	$465,269	$954,558
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	1996	$495,000	N/A
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: $516,373 \| Reg Main Pred: $1,151,910	1996	$360,000 (est)	$738,585 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$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.	1996	$10,887 (est)	$22,337 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1996	$59,400 (est)	$121,867 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	1996	$925,287	$1,898,343
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	1996	$-460,018	$-943,785

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