ScreenProfits

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990 · John Harrison · Richard P. Rubinstein | Mitchell Galin · 1 hr 33 min

To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Deborah Harry 1990 $180,000 $443,321 (est)
Christian Slater 1990 $477,544 $1,176,139 (est)
David Johansen 1990 $242,048 $596,138 (est)
William Hickey 1990 $102,469 $252,370 (est)
James Remar 1990 $210,000 $517,207 (est)
Rae Dawn Chong 1990 $120,000 $295,547 (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. 1990 $16,324,573 $40,205,662
International International theatrical box office gross. 1990 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1990 $16,324,573 $39,181,473
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. 1990 $8,162,287 (est) $20,102,831 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $2,568,961 $6,327,074
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $1,037,206 1990 $1,037,206 $2,554,527
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $4,153,308 (est) $10,229,150 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1990 $15,921,762 $39,213,582
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1990 $6,000,000 $14,400,918
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: 1 | Reg Box Pred: $4,628,792 | Reg Main Pred: $5,266,017 1990 $4,811,000 (est) $11,848,974 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $402,456 (est) $991,206 (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $366,201 (est) $901,912 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1990 $720,000 (est) $1,773,282 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1990 $12,299,657 $29,916,293
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1990 $3,622,105 $9,297,289
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