Release year

2026

Release date

August 31, 2025

Franchise

N/A

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

98 minutes

Distributors

Xceptional CommunicationsElsewhere Films

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

Carl DealTia Lessin

Screenwriters

N/A

Writers

N/A

Producers

Carl DealTia LessinKaren RanucciDiana CohnCaren Spruch

Studios

Xceptional CommunicationsElsewhere Films

Production companies

N/A

Cinematography

Cliff CharlesNausheen DadabhoyJulia DengelKeith Walker

Edited by

Mona Davis

Music by

Zoë Keating

Based on

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Budget

N/A

Estimated Profit

-$34M

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Steal This Story, Please!

Name: Steal This Story, Please!
Released: August 31, 2025 (2025-08-31) May 10, 2026 (2026-05-10) (United States)

2026 · Carl Deal | Tia Lessin · Carl Deal Tia Lessin Karen Ranucci Diana Cohn Caren Spruch · 98 minutes

Steal This Story, Please! is a 2025 American documentary film which explores the life and career of independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman and her work on the news program Democracy Now!. It was directed by Oscar-nominated, Emmy Awards-winning filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. Musician and political activist Tom Morello, as well as actresses and political activists Jane Fonda and Rosario Dawson, are among the executive producers.

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Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Juan González	2026	$2,000,000	N/A	(est)
David Isay	2026	$1,000,000	N/A	(est)
Sharif Abdel Kouddous	2026	$500,000	N/A	(est)
Zazu	2026	$300,000	N/A	(est)
Amy Goodman Juan Gonz	2026	$2,000,000	N/A	(est)
Amy Goodman Juan González Jeremy Scahill David Isay Nermeen Shaikh Sharif Abdel Kouddous Zazu	2026	$1,000,000	N/A	(est)
Jeremy Scahill David Isay	2026	$1,000,000	N/A	(est)
Nermeen Shaikh Sharif Abdel	2026	$500,000	N/A	(est)
Kouddous Zazu	2026	$300,000	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	$727,391	N/A
International International theatrical box office gross.	2026	$0	N/A
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2026	$727,391	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	$363,696 (est)	N/A (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$422,264	N/A
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$468,127	N/A
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$364	N/A
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $33,026, BluRay $45,607	2026	$78,634	N/A
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$121,232 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$1,454,316	N/A
Expenses
Budget Production budget.	2026	N/A	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 domestic + worldwide. Peers: Parasite \| Hundreds of Beavers \| Seven \| You Can Call Me Bill \| Monster Summer	2026	$35,679,854 (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	$17,888 (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	N/A	N/A
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$35,697,742	N/A
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2026	$-34,243,426	$0

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