SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
First Blood
1982 · Ted Kotcheff · Buzz Feitshans · 1 hr 33 min
Green Beret veteran Rambo takes on a Pacific Northwest sheriff and the National Guard.
Cast Salaries
Cast Salaries
| Cast | Year | Salary | Inflation adjusted salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvester Stallone | 1982 | $3,500,000First Blood paid him $3.5 million in 1982, which represented his first major Hollywood payday.source | $11,675,130 | (rep) |
| Richard Crenna | 1982 | $774,763 | $2,584,417 | (est) |
| Brian Dennehy | 1982 | $330,276 | $1,101,719 | (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.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. | 1982 | $47,212,904 | $157,490,506 |
| International International theatrical box office gross. | 1982 | $0 | $0 |
| Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. | 1982 | $47,212,904 | $153,478,632 |
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.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||
| Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $21,717,936 (est) | $72,445,633 (est) |
| Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $0 | $0 |
| Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $0 | $0 |
| Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $1,464,621 | $4,885,612 |
| Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $488,207 | 1982 | $488,207 | $1,628,537 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $12,320,808 (est) | $41,099,151 (est) |
| Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1982 | $35,991,572 | $120,058,932 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget Production budget. | 1982 | $15,000,000 | $48,761,658 |
| 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: $7,977,833 | Reg Main Pred: $8,183,572 | 1982 | $8,039,000 (est) | $26,816,105 (est) |
| Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $938,460 (est) | $3,130,468 (est) |
| Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $608,258 (est) | $2,028,996 (est) |
| Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1982 | $1,680,000 (est) | $5,604,062 (est) |
| Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1982 | $26,265,717 | $86,341,289 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. | 1982 | $9,725,855 | $33,717,644 |
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