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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Lambada

1990 · Joel Silberg · Peter Shepherd | Yoram Globus · 1 hr 44 min

Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them academics. But when a jealous student exposes Kevin's double life, his two worlds collide, threatening his job and reputation.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
J. Eddie Peck 1990 $41,013 $101,011 (est)
Melora Hardin 1990 $90,000 $221,660 (est)
Shabba-Doo 1990 $21,757 $53,585 (est)
Ricky Paull Goldin 1990 $17,789 $43,812 (est)
Basil Hoffman 1990 $15,216 $37,475 (est)
Dennis Burkley 1990 $13,393 $32,986 (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. 1990 $4,263,112 $10,499,585
International International theatrical box office gross. 1990 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1990 $4,263,112 $10,232,121

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. 1990 $2,131,556 (est) $5,249,792 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $659,717 $1,624,811
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $265,507 1990 $265,507 $653,914
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $1,077,928 (est) $2,654,820 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1990 $4,134,708 $10,183,339
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1990 $900,000 $2,160,138
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: $1,791,979 | Reg Main Pred: $2,693,066 1990 $810,000 (est) $1,994,943 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $222,161 (est) $547,158 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $95,098 (est) $234,217 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $108,000 (est) $265,992 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1990 $2,135,259 $5,202,448
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1990 $1,999,448 $4,980,891

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