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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Distant Voices, Still Lives

1989 · Terence Davies · Jennifer Howarth · 1 hr 24 min

The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Freda Dowie 1989 $40,430 $104,955 (est)
Peter Postlethwaite 1989 $24,888 $64,608 (est)
Angela Walsh 1989 $18,738 $48,643 (est)
Dean Williams 1989 $15,320 $39,770 (est)
Lorraine Ashbourne 1989 $24,605 $63,874 (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. 1989 $688,329 $1,786,880
International International theatrical box office gross. 1989 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1989 $688,329 $1,741,361
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. 1989 $340,723 (est) $884,506 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $106,286 $275,914
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $42,322 1989 $42,322 $109,867
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $181,201 (est) $470,392 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $670,532 $1,740,678
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1989 $703,000 $1,778,477
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: $595,815 | Reg Main Pred: $1,081,192 1989 $551,000 (est) $1,430,378 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $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. 1989 $14,953 (est) $38,817 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $83,657 (est) $217,171 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $1,352,610 $3,464,843
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1989 $-682,078 $-1,724,165
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