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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Lovers & the Despot

2016 · Robert Cannan | Ross Adam · Ross Adam | Robert Cannan | Sheryl Crown | Natasha Dack · 1 hr 38 min

The story of the South Korean actor, Choi Eun-hee, and her ex-husband and film director, Shin Sang-ok, who were individually kidnapped and reunited by dictator and film fan Kim Jong-il to force them to develop North Korea's film industry.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Choi Eun-hee 2016 $7,500 $10,059 (est)
Shin Sang-ok 2016 $5,000 $6,706 (est)
Kim Jong Il 2016 $3,125 $4,191 (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. 2016 $55,511 $74,454
International International theatrical box office gross. 2016 $40,010 $53,663
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2016 $95,521 $124,854
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. 2016 $43,760 (est) $58,692 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2016 $5,796 $7,774
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2016 $5,081 $6,815
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2016 $2,145 $2,877
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $3,086, BluRay $1,562 2016 $4,648 $6,234
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2016 $10,192 (est) $13,671 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2016 $71,622 $96,064
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2016 $250,000 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: $156,088 | Reg Main Pred: $343,556 2016 $80,000 (est) $107,300 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2016 $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. 2016 $1,103 (est) $1,479 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2016 $30,000 (est) $40,237 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2016 $361,103 $484,329
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2016 $-289,481 $-388,266
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