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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Red Tails

2012 · Anthony Hemingway · Rick McCallum | Chas. Floyd Johnson · 2 hr 5 min

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Nate Parker 2012 $1,500,000 $2,103,005 (est)
David Oyelowo 2012 $750,000 $1,051,503 (est)
Ne-Yo 2012 $1,337,134 $1,874,667 (est)
Elijah Kelley 2012 $984,551 $1,380,344 (est)
Cuba Gooding Jr. 2012 $837,292 $1,173,886 (est)
Terrence Howard 2012 $411,258 $576,585 (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. 2012 $49,876,377 $69,926,854
International International theatrical box office gross. 2012 $489,121 $685,749
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2012 $50,365,498 $68,813,836
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. 2012 $25,133,837 (est) $35,237,727 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $3,237,583 $4,539,102
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $2,135,055 $2,993,355
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $3,400,928 $4,768,112
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $4,217,477, BluRay $1,481,816 2012 $5,699,293 $7,990,428
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $9,431,006 (est) $13,222,303 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2012 $49,037,701 $68,751,028
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2012 $58,000,000 $79,244,774
Print & Advertising (P&A) Estimated prints and advertising cost. sourceSource: Red Tails (2012) - Bomb ReportURL: https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2012-2/red-tails/The budget for Red Tails was $58 million and studios were uninterested in financing or distributing the picture, so George Lucas used his vast fortune to fund the production and an additional $35 million to distribute and market through FOX. 2012 $35,000,000 $49,070,122
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $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. 2012 $863,064 (est) $1,210,018 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2012 $6,960,000 (est) $9,757,944 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2012 $100,823,064 $139,282,858
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2012 $-51,785,362 $-70,531,830
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