The Script to ‘The Terminator’ Sold for Just $1
Along the lines of selling something cool for $1, this random fact is a little upsetting…
From BestLifeOnline:
The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, earned a worldwide total of $78.3 million at the box office in 1984. As it went on, the franchise took in over $1.4 billion—not bad for a movie whose rights sold for a dollar.
Before James Cameron became famous for directing blockbusters like Titanic and Avatar, he was just an unknown filmmaker with an ambitious idea. In order to get his movie made, he handed over the rights to the script for a token amount on the terms that he would be allowed to direct the movie. Despite the eventual success of the project, Cameron later admitted that he regrets the decision to sell such a valuable story for such a low amount, saying, “I wish I hadn’t sold the rights for one dollar. If I had a little time machine and I could only send back something the length of a tweet, it’d be—’Don’t sell.'”
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James Cameron, of course, went on to make a LOT of money. You could say he said, “I’ll be back.” That was dumb. Bye Bye.