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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

The Saddest Music in the World

2004 · Guy Maddin · Niv Fichman | Daniel Iron | Jody Shapiro · 1 hr 40 min

A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Mark McKinney 2004 $363,119 $618,782 (est)
Isabella Rossellini 2004 $163,729 $279,007 (est)
Maria de Medeiros 2004 $98,677 $168,153 (est)
David Fox 2004 $33,015 $56,260 (est)
Ross McMillan 2004 $70,836 $120,710 (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. 2004 $699,225 $1,191,533
International International theatrical box office gross. 2004 $125,552 $213,950
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2004 $824,777 $1,369,680
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. 2004 $399,833 (est) $681,346 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2004 $5,958 $10,154
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2004 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2004 $121,384 $206,847
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $12,476, DVD $143,477 2004 $155,953 $265,755
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2004 $150,719 (est) $256,836 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2004 $833,847 $1,420,939
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2004 $3,800,000 $6,310,535
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: $1,290,249 | Reg Main Pred: $2,075,519 2004 $660,000 (est) $1,124,690 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2004 $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. 2004 $20,679 (est) $35,239 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2004 $456,000 (est) $777,059 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2004 $4,936,679 $8,247,523
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2004 $-4,102,832 $-6,826,584
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