ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Death Before Dishonor

1987 · Terry J. Leonard · Lawrence Kubik · 1 hr 31 min

A tough Marine sergeant arrives at a Middle Eastern embassy, facing strict limitations on his duties. When terrorists strike and take hostages, he defies orders and restrictions, launching a solo mission to save the captives.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Fred Dryer 1987 $150,000 $425,044 (est)
Brian Keith 1987 $330,434 $936,327 (est)
Joanna Pacuła 1987 $350,000 $991,769 (est)
Paul Winfield 1987 $201,419 $570,746 (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. 1987 $4,546,244 $12,882,359
International International theatrical box office gross. 1987 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1987 $4,546,244 $12,554,197
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. 1987 $2,204,928 (est) $6,247,944 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1987 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1987 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1987 $534,618 $1,514,909
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $195,212 1987 $195,212 $553,159
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1987 $1,186,706 (est) $3,362,682 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1987 $4,121,465 $11,678,694
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1987 $5,000,000 $13,807,218
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: 1 | Reg Box Pred: $2,044,534 | Reg Main Pred: $3,011,568 1987 $2,296,000 (est) $6,506,007 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1987 $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. 1987 $86,139 (est) $244,085 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1987 $585,000 (est) $1,657,672 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1987 $7,967,139 $22,214,982
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1987 $-3,845,673 $-10,536,288
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