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Desert Blue

1999 · Morgan J. Freeman · Effie Brown | Michael Burns | Nadia Leonelli | Andrea Sperling · 1 hr 30 min

An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next few days with the various residents of the town which include a teenage girl who loves to blow things up and a boy trying to keep alive his fathers dream of building a beachside resort in the middle of the desert.

Drama
Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Brendan Sexton III 1999 $37,500 $72,456 (est)
Kate Hudson 1999 $25,000 $48,304 (est)
John Heard 1999 $17,500 $33,813 (est)
Christina Ricci 1999 $12,500 $24,152 (est)
Casey Affleck 1999 $8,750 $16,907 (est)
Sara Gilbert 1999 $5,000 $9,661 (est)
Ethan Suplee 1999 $5,000 $9,661 (est)
Peter Sarsgaard 1999 $5,000 $9,661 (est)
Michael Ironside 1999 $5,000 $9,661 (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 $100,590 $194,357
International International theatrical box office gross. 1999 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1999 $100,590 $189,406
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 $50,295 (est) $97,179 (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 $15,747 $30,427
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $10,879, DVD $1,920 1999 $12,798 $24,728
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $23,272 (est) $44,965 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1999 $102,112 $197,298
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1999 $250,000 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: $215,532 | Reg Main Pred: $403,268 1999 $80,000 (est) $154,574 (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 $2,287 (est) $4,419 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1999 $30,000 (est) $57,965 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1999 $362,287 $700,002
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1999 $-260,175 $-502,703
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