SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Dear Santa

Name: Dear Santa
Released: Dec 4, 2020
Rating: 70.15

COVID-era release This film was released during the COVID-era box office disruption (March 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021), which may materially affect theatrical performance, downstream revenues, and profitability comparisons.

2020 · 1 hr 24 min

'Dear Santa' shines a light on the 100-year-old 'Operation Santa' Program of the United States Postal Service. Each year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa arrive at Post Offices around the country. Through Operation Santa, the United States Postal Service makes it possible for the public to safely adopt these letters and make children's dreams come true. The film invites audiences along for the magic of this massive endeavor. Traveling the country, much like Santa does on Christmas Eve, the film focuses on select 'Operation Santa' Centers: some in metropolitan areas like the massive operation in New York City and others in small towns where the Post Office is the heart of the community.

Documentary Family

Release year

2020

Release date

December 4, 2020

Franchise

N/A

Genres

DocumentaryFamily

Runtime

1 hr 24 min

Distributors

IFC Films

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

N/A

Screenwriters

Ricky BlittPeter Farrelly

Writers

Ricky BlittPeter FarrellyDan Ewen

Producers

N/A

Studios

IFC Films

Production companies

N/A

Cinematography

N/A

Edited by

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Music by

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Based on

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Budget

$229K

Estimated Profit

-$327K

Est Profit Inflation Adj

-$407K

Cast Salaries

No cast records have been imported yet.

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.	2020	$4,109	$5,111
International International theatrical box office gross.	2020	$0	$0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2020	$4,109	$4,981

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.	2020	$2,055 (est)	$2,555 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2020	$3,304	$4,110
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2020	$2,056	$2,558
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2020	$236	$293
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $389, BluRay $282	2020	$670	$834
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2020	$879 (est)	$1,093 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2020	$9,200	$11,443
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	2020	$229,000	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: 0.45 peak streaming like \| Peer Count: 0 \| Reg Box Pred: $20,948 \| Reg Main Pred: $133,336	2020	$80,000 (est)	$99,505 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2020	$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.	2020	$137 (est)	$171 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2020	$27,480 (est)	$34,180 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2020	$336,617	$418,690
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2020	$-327,417	$-407,247

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