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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

We Were Soldiers

2002 · Randall Wallace · Bruce Davey | Stephen McEveety | Randall Wallace · 2 hr 18 min

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Mel Gibson 2002 $2,505,290 $4,482,784 (est)
Madeleine Stowe 2002 $750,000 $1,341,996 (est)
Greg Kinnear 2002 $571,459 $1,022,527 (est)
Sam Elliott 2002 $588,584 $1,053,169 (est)
Chris Klein 2002 $689,630 $1,233,974 (est)
Keri Russell 2002 $707,159 $1,265,339 (est)
Barry Pepper 2002 $505,952 $905,314 (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. 2002 $78,122,718 $139,787,120
International International theatrical box office gross. 2002 $36,538,066 $65,378,563
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2002 $114,660,784 $199,939,344
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. 2002 $53,676,585 (est) $96,044,985 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2002 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2002 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2002 $11,358,298 $20,323,713
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $3,872,137, DVD $8,618,628 2002 $12,490,765 $22,350,069
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2002 $16,963,602 (est) $30,353,437 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2002 $94,489,250 $169,072,204
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 2002 $75,000,000 $130,780,989
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: $30,536,353 | Reg Main Pred: $20,917,790 2002 $27,260,000 (est) $48,777,065 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2002 $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. 2002 $2,201,600 (est) $3,939,382 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2002 $9,000,000 (est) $16,103,947 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2002 $113,461,600 $199,601,383
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2002 $-18,972,350 $-30,529,179
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