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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 · Sergio Leone · Arnon Milchan · 3 hr 49 min

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Robert De Niro 1984 $1,750,601 $5,423,662 (est)
James Woods 1984 $733,682 $2,273,073 (est)
Elizabeth McGovern 1984 $375,000 $1,161,814 (est)
Joe Pesci 1984 $1,500,000 $4,647,257 (est)
Burt Young 1984 $287,507 $890,746 (est)
Tuesday Weld 1984 $187,948 $582,295 (est)
Treat Williams 1984 $392,930 $1,217,364 (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. 1984 $5,321,508 $16,486,943
International International theatrical box office gross. 1984 $1,481 $4,588
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1984 $5,324,029 $16,074,571

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. 1984 $2,501,645 (est) $7,750,524 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $376,315 $1,165,889
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $119,526 1984 $119,526 $370,313
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $1,417,309 (est) $4,391,067 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1984 $4,414,795 $13,677,792
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1984 $30,000,000 $90,577,478
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: $2,945,730 | Reg Main Pred: $4,187,971 1984 $3,274,000 (est) $10,143,413 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $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. 1984 $82,115 (est) $254,407 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $3,420,000 (est) $10,595,746 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1984 $36,776,115 $111,571,044
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1984 $-32,361,320 $-97,893,252

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