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SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

When the Whales Came

1989 · Clive Rees · Simon Channing-Williams · 1 hr 40 min

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the narwhales who sometimes come. Meanwhile, World War I is making life hard in the village.

Cast Salaries

Cast Salaries

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Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Helen Mirren 1989 $37,500 $97,349 (est)
Paul Scofield 1989 $25,000 $64,899 (est)
David Suchet 1989 $17,500 $45,429 (est)
Barbara Jefford 1989 $12,500 $32,450 (est)
David Threlfall 1989 $8,750 $22,715 (est)
John Hallam 1989 $5,000 $12,980 (est)
Barbara Ewing 1989 $750 $1,947 (est)
Jeremy Kemp 1989 $750 $1,947 (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. 1989 $73,131 $189,846
International International theatrical box office gross. 1989 $0 $0
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 1989 $73,131 $185,010
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. 1989 $36,200 (est) $93,974 (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $0 $0
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $11,786 $30,596
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $4,724 1989 $4,724 $12,263
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $19,580 (est) $50,829 (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $72,289 $187,661
Expenses
Budget Production budget. 1989 $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: $147,659 | Reg Main Pred: $707,507 1989 $80,000 (est) $207,677 (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $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. 1989 $1,612 (est) $4,185 (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 1989 $29,750 (est) $77,230 (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 1989 $361,362 $938,084
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 1989 $-289,073 $-750,423
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