SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family

Name: Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
Released: Nov 23, 1993
Rating: 67

1993 · Andrew Young | Susan Todd · 1 hr 25 min

In 1961, Robert Young and Michael Roemer shot a gritty documentary in Palermo's Cortile Cascino, a slum reserved for rag pickers and scavengers. Thirty years later, Young's son and daughter-in-law go back to Sicily to pick up the story of Angela Capra, her now ex-husband, and their children. Black and white footage from 1961 is intercut with color footage from the 90's. Much has changed: Angela's leaving her husband gives her a sense of rebirth. And much is the same: unemployment, petty crimes, and early death. Throughout, family members credit the power of "destina" (fate) to determine their lives.

Documentary

Release year

1993

Release date

November 23, 1993

Franchise

N/A

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

1 hr 25 min

Distributors

First Run

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

Andrew YoungSusan Todd

Screenwriters

N/A

Writers

N/A

Producers

N/A

Studios

First Run Features

Production companies

Archipelago Films

Cinematography

N/A

Edited by

N/A

Music by

John T.La Barbera

Based on

N/A

Budget

$120K

Estimated Profit

-$208K

Est Profit Inflation Adj

-$464K

Cast Salaries

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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.	1993	$1,738	$3,872
International International theatrical box office gross.	1993	$0	$0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	1993	$1,738	$3,773

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.	1993	$869 (est)	$1,936 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1993	$0	$0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1993	$0	$0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1993	$2,600	$5,792
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $1,463	1993	$1,463	$3,260
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1993	$1,499 (est)	$3,339 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	1993	$6,431	$14,326
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	1993	$120,000	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: $8,356 \| Reg Main Pred: $64,013	1993	$80,000 (est)	$178,215 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1993	$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.	1993	$154 (est)	$344 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	1993	$14,400 (est)	$32,079 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	1993	$214,554	$477,959
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	1993	$-208,123	$-463,632

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