Release year

2026

Release date

March 1, 2026

Franchise

N/A

Genres

ComedyDramaMusical

Runtime

98 minutes

Distributors

Lionsgate

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

John Carney

Screenwriters

John CarneyPeter McDonald

Writers

N/A

Producers

Anthony BregmanJohn CarneyPeter CronRebecca O'FlanaganRobert Walpole

Studios

Lionsgate

Production companies

30WestScreen IrelandLikely StoryDistressed FilmsTreasure Entertainment

Cinematography

Yaron Orbach

Edited by

Stephen O'Connell

Music by

Gary ClarkJohn Carney

Based on

N/A

Budget

$10M

Estimated Profit

-$21M

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Power Ballad

Name: Power Ballad
Released: March 1, 2026 (2026-03-01) May 29, 2026 (2026-05-29) (United States, Ireland and United Kingdom)

2026 · John Carney · Anthony Bregman | John Carney | Peter Cron | Rebecca O'Flanagan | Robert Walpole · 98 minutes

Power Ballad is a 2026 musical comedy drama film directed by John Carney, written by Carney and Peter McDonald, and starring Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Havana Rose Liu, and Jack Reynor. The film follows wedding singer Rick (Rudd) who bonds with former boy-band member Danny (Jonas); when Danny uses Rick's song to reignite his own solo career, Rick sets out for the recognition he believes he deserves.

Comedy Drama Musical

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Paul Rudd Nick Jonas	2026	$1,500,000	N/A	(est)
Paul Rudd Nick Jonas Peter McDonald Marcella Plunkett Havana Rose Liu Jack Reynor	2026	N/A	N/A	(rep)
Peter Mc	2026	$750,000	N/A	(est)
Donald Marcella Plunkett Havana	2026	$400,000	N/A	(est)
Rose Liu Jack Reynor	2026	$250,000	N/A	(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.	2026	$2,612,490	N/A
International International theatrical box office gross.	2026	$770,993	N/A
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2026	$3,383,483	N/A

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.	2026	$1,614,642 (est)	N/A (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$242,562	N/A
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$273,349	N/A
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$1,306	N/A
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $21,472, BluRay $29,652	2026	$51,125	N/A
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$435,416 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$2,618,401	N/A
Expenses
Budget Production budget. sourceSource: Wikipedia infoboxURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Ballad_(film)$10 million	2026	$10,000,000	N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A estimated from peer comps using release year, budget, genre, and theatrical performance. sourceSource: ScreenProfits comp P&A estimateEstimated from 12 peer comps using budget + domestic + worldwide. Peers: Strange Darling \| The Toxic Avenger \| Better Man \| Christy \| White Bird	2026	$12,500,000 (est)	N/A (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$0 (est)	N/A (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$32,206 (est)	N/A (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$1,200,000 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$23,732,206	N/A
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2026	$-21,113,806	$0

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