Ben Affleck and Matt Damon: They Broke 6 Months After Selling Their Most Famous Movie!

This is the film that brought them to the public and brought them an Oscar! But after selling Will Hunting’s screenplay for $600,000 and thus meeting success, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were quickly disappointed to see their paychecks melt away like snow in the sun…

On the set of The Drew Barrymore Show (approx Reported by IndieWireBen Affleck revealed that the duo saw that $600,000 go up in smoke over six months. We sold the script for $600,000, split that in half, so it was $300,000 each, of which the agents took $30,000.Hollywood star details.

“So we’re left with $270,000 each. We’ve paid $160,000 in taxes and have $110,000 left.”Ben Affleck continues. “Then they each bought a Jeep Cherokee for $55,000 and had $55,000 left over. Of course, we decided to rent a house for $5,000 a month off Hollywood Boulevard, and six months later we lost it.”

“That’s how it ended up, two guys in a black jeep and a green jeep. We always wondered which jeep to go in because we lived together”concludes Ben Affleck about this period (probably not so much) after some spending on skinny cows.

After Will Hunting’s $600,000 screenplay was spent, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who, as you may recall, shared a bank account early in their careers, are recouping the success of director Gus Van Sant’s film. and whose credits also include Robin Williams.

A quarter of a century later, the Affleck/Damon duo’s friendship is stronger than ever. evidence? The two will reunite in theaters on May 12 in Ben Affleck’s new drama Air, which tells the story of how Sonny Vaccaro (Damon) and Phil Knight (Affleck), sports marketing director and co-founder of Nike, respectively, relentlessly pursue Michael Jordan to enter into a relationship. A historic partnership.

Trailer for “Air,” the new Ben Affleck/Matt Damon collaboration: