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Screenwriter's salary


Minimum salaries for union screenwriters are set by the Writers Guild of America. Non-union screenwriters may write for free; an established screenwriter may write for millions of dollars.

A typical screenwriter's purchase agreement will typically contain the following:

The guaranteed money is sometimes referred to as the "front-end."

Some of the highest amounts paid to writers for spec screenplays:

$5 million:

$4 million:

$3 million:

$2.75 million:

$2.5 million:

$2.25 million:

$2 million:

$1.8 million:

$1.5 million:

$1.3 million:

$1.25 million:

$1.1 million:

$1 million:

$800,000:

$750,000:


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