3 ms·
See also How Hollywood Studios Manage To Officially Lose Money On Movies That Make A Billion Dollars For example, consider the case of Winston Groom who was pr
by adolph 3y ago
See also How Hollywood Studios Manage To Officially Lose Money On Movies That Make A Billion Dollars
For example, consider the case of Winston Groom who was promised 3% of the net profits of a film based on a little book he wrote called Forrest Gump. As noted, Paramount would later argue that the film, which cleared almost 13 times its production budget, a total of $700 million at the box office or about $1.2 billion today, had actually lost $62 million, all in an attempt to weasel out of paying Groom, among others.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/06/how-hollywood-studios-manage-to-officially-lose-money-on-movies-that-make-a-billion-dollars/ https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/06/how-hollywo...
- mistrial9 3y agowikipedia EN does not make that so clear, but they do also mention that the book itself by Winston Groom sold a million+ more copies after the movie came out.. there are remarkable stories of swindling of all kinds out of Hollywood, of course! great movie too