ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Return to Dust

2023 · Li Ruijun · Zhang Min | Li Yan · 2 hr 11 min

The humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. To survive, they have to come together and build a home for themselves.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Wu Renlin 2023 $20,880 $22,059 (est)
Hai Qing 2023 $69,600 $73,529 (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. 2023 $22,692 $23,973
International International theatrical box office gross. 2023 $888,838 $939,012
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2023 $911,530 $938,454
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. 2023 $366,881 (est) $387,591 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $9,016 $9,525
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $10,549 $11,145
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $550 $581
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $1,140, BluRay $1,260 2023 $2,400 $2,535
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $4,339 (est) $4,584 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2023 $393,735 $415,961
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2023 $696,000 N/A
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: $626,183 | Reg Main Pred: $1,367,127 2023 $602,000 (est) $635,982 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $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. 2023 $5,276 (est) $5,574 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2023 $83,520 (est) $88,235 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2023 $1,386,796 $1,465,079
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2023 $-993,061 $-1,049,118
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