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Heavy Metal in Baghdad

2008 · Suroosh Alvi | Eddy Moretti · Spike Jonze (executive producer) | Shane Smith | Eddy Moretti | Suroosh Alvi | Monica Hampton · 1 hr 24 min

In the late summer of 2006, in the middle of the insurgency, filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to meet and interview the only heavy metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda. "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" is the story of the band and its members, young Iraqis whose lives have been distorted and displaced by years of continual warfare in their homeland. The filmmakers have collected glimpses into the struggles of Acrassicauda as they try to stay together and stay alive. Their struggle is the untold story of the hopes and dreams of an entire generation of young Iraqis.

Documentary Music War

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Suroosh Alvi 2008 $6,300 $9,419 (est)
Firas Al Lateef 2008 $4,200 $6,280 (est)
Faisal Talal 2008 $2,625 $3,925 (est)
Marwan Reyad 2008 $1,680 $2,512 (est)
Tony Aziz 2008 $1,050 $1,570 (est)

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. 2008 $4,070 $6,085
International International theatrical box office gross. 2008 $2,127 $3,180
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2008 $6,197 $9,029

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. 2008 $2,886 (est) $4,315 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $321 $481
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $121 $180
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $1,901 $2,842
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $2,728, BluRay $303 2008 $3,031 $4,531
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $1,278 (est) $1,910 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2008 $9,537 $14,259
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2008 $210,000 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: $26,394 | Reg Main Pred: $170,684 2008 $80,000 (est) $119,610 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $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. 2008 $204 (est) $305 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2008 $25,200 (est) $37,677 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2008 $315,404 $471,568
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2008 $-305,867 $-457,309

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