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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Purple Rain

1984 · Albert Magnoli · Robert Cavallo | Joseph Ruffalo | Steven Fargnoli · 1 hr 51 min

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Prince 1984 $345,059 $1,069,052 (est)
Apollonia Kotero 1984 $254,894 $789,705 (est)
Morris Day 1984 $285,021 $883,044 (est)
Olga Karlatos 1984 $156,906 $486,122 (est)
Clarence Williams III 1984 $172,282 $533,759 (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 $68,392,977 $211,893,160
International International theatrical box office gross. 1984 $7,994 $24,767
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1984 $68,400,971 $206,519,582

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 $32,147,593 (est) $99,598,751 (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 $4,439,532 $13,754,432
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $1,403,860 1984 $1,403,860 $4,349,397
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $17,659,802 (est) $54,713,092 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1984 $55,650,787 $172,415,672
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1984 $7,200,000 $21,738,595
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: $9,635,834 | Reg Main Pred: $11,858,369 1984 $9,000,000 (est) $27,883,542 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $3,421,134 (est) $10,599,260 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $1,035,105 (est) $3,206,932 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1984 $820,800 (est) $2,542,979 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1984 $21,477,039 $65,971,307
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1984 $34,173,748 $106,444,365

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