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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Iron & Silk

1991 · Shirley Sun · Shirley Sun · 1 hr 32 min

Mark Salzman always was interested in Kung-Fu and the Chinese culture, claims to have seen every Kung-Fu movie. 1982, with a degree in Chinese literature, he visits a province university in China for two years to teach Chinese teachers the English language. He learns the refinements of correct behavior among Chinese people, makes friends with his pupils, falls in love with the young doctor Ming, learns Wushu (similar Kung-Fu) from the famous teacher Pan... but also learns about political repression, especially when he's forbidden contact with some of his friends.

Comedy Drama Martial Arts
Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Mark Salzman 1991 $11,760 $27,794 (est)
Vivian Wu 1991 $30,304 $71,622 (est)
Pan Qingfu 1991 $4,900 $11,581 (est)
Jeanette Lin Tsui 1991 $3,136 $7,412 (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. 1991 $356,077 $841,565
International International theatrical box office gross. 1991 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1991 $356,077 $820,127
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. 1991 $178,039 (est) $420,783 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1991 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1991 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1991 $63,563 $150,228
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $27,883 1991 $27,883 $65,899
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1991 $92,084 (est) $217,634 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1991 $361,568 $854,543
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1991 $392,000 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: $400,816 | Reg Main Pred: $870,015 1991 $285,000 (est) $673,579 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1991 $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. 1991 $8,461 (est) $19,996 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1991 $47,040 (est) $111,176 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1991 $732,501 $1,731,219
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1991 $-370,933 $-876,676
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