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Movies made from Black List screenplays have grossed a combined total of about how much at the box office?

Answerover $30 billion combined

Films like Argo, Juno, and Slumdog Millionaire all started as Black List scripts.

Source: The Black List survey history (via Wikipedia) (2020) en.wikipedia.org

What did Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's spec script for 'Good Will Hunting' sell for in the 1990s?

Answer$675,000

It was one of the most famous spec-script sales of the decade, and launched both writers' acting careers too.

Source: Spec script sales history (via Wikipedia) (2020) en.wikipedia.org

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As of the 92nd Academy Awards, how many of the previous 10 Best Picture Oscars went to former Black List scripts?

Answer4 of the last 10

That's a remarkable hit rate for scripts that once sat unproduced on a list of industry favorites.

Source: The Black List survey history (via Wikipedia) (2020) en.wikipedia.org

One of the earliest known spec-script sales, Preston Sturges' 'The Power and the Glory,' sold for about how much in 1933?

Answer$17,500 plus back-end revenue

Sturges is often credited as one of the first screenwriters to negotiate a share of a film's profits.

Source: Spec script sales history (via Wikipedia) (2020) en.wikipedia.org

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