When it comes to the cost of the film, everyone immediately wonders how much the actors earned on the set. But they are not the only ones who can boast of impressive fees, because the scriptwriters also get a lot of money. And some of their stories are sold at auctions, and studios are ready to pay the authors millions only to bring their imagination to life.
"Jurassic Park"
Michael Crichton, screenwriter of this classic movie, had a good idea of how much his story was worth. Therefore, he requested $ 1.5 million from the studio. In addition, Michael also received a share of the total income, which brought him a fabulous amount of $ 400 million. And if you take into account that the fees from the film amounted to more than a billion, then the studio clearly did not fail, having paid this money to the screenwriter.
"The story of a knight"
The fees from this film are not as great as those from Jurassic Park. Nevertheless, the script of the picture brought her author Brian Helgelend $ 2.5 million. The film earned $ 65 million at the box office, which is $ 10 million more than its budget. He also received many mixed reviews. But for many viewers, the film became a cult, largely due to the fact that Heath Ledger played the main role in it.
"Crazy for love"
For the script of this picture, Ronald Bass received $ 2.75 million. And it would seem that such an expensive story should be successful. But alas, the film "Mozart and the Whale" (as it was called in the USA) was waiting for a complete failure, and its rental brought the creators less than 100 thousand dollars.
"Healer"
After the release of the Oscar-winning "Society of Dead Poets", screenwriter Tom Shulman suddenly became very famous. And thanks to this popularity, he managed to sell his next script for the movie "Witch Doctor" for $ 3 million. Unfortunately, this painting failed to repeat the success of the "poets". And with a budget of $ 46 million, she brought the creators an income of $ 45 million.
"The basic Instinct"
This film was a hit and raised a whopping $ 118 million, more than double its budget of $ 49 million. So all those 3 million dollars that the screenwriter Joe Esterhasu received for this story were spent by the studio for good reason.
Eurotour
The creators had great hopes for this comedy, otherwise why did they pay the scriptwriters $ 4 million? But their expectations were not met, and the film raised $ 18 million, which, with a budget of $ 25 million, was a complete failure.
"A long kiss for the night"
This film received rave reviews from critics, but did not like the audience at all. Therefore, the creators managed to return only $ 33 million of the $ 65 million that were budgeted. And filmmakers clearly regretted that they had paid the screenwriter $ 4 million for this story.
"Ricky Bobby: King of the Road"
Will Ferrell can be loved or hated, but his talent cannot be denied. And this time, the actor decided to try himself in a new role, writing a script for the film with Adam Mackay. And on this they earned a good 4 million dollars. And their fee paid off with interest, because fees at the box office brought $ 163 million, which is 4 times more than was budgeted.
"Room of fear"
David Kepp wrote a masterpiece in 2002 and received $ 4 million for it. And each of the spent dollars paid off for filmmakers, because the fees for the picture were almost five times higher than its budget.
Deja vu
The film with Denzel Washington in the title role was a great success. And the worldwide rental of this fantastic in every sense of the picture brought filmmakers $ 180 million, which is two times more than its budget. So Bill Marsily and Terry Rossio deservedly received a fee of $ 5 million per script.