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The movie was an instant hit with both critics and casual filmgoers, earning universal praise with word-of-mouth generating more and more ticket sales. Kevin Smith says how he was initially stunned when he first heard about the decision to pull Good Will Hunting from theaters. From what I remember, Robin's split would be even greater and he'd get a bigger percentage if it crossed $100 million, so every dollar the movie made at the theatrical box office would have to be split-I'm not sure if it was a 50/50 split-with Robin Williams." So, the movie was paid for and then the movie was making money hand over fist and made over $100 million. It was doing incredibly well, and the deal that they'd made with Robin was a high-percentage first-dollar gross-a movie-star deal-and it was great, because instantly by putting Robin in the movie their pre-sales paid for the whole fucking film.
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"I remember they pulled that movie out of theaters while it was still earning at the time. As Smith explains, Williams would have gotten a bigger chunk of the profits if the movie surpassed a certain number, and Harvey Weinstein wasn't having it.
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He elaborated on the subject in an interview with The Daily Beast, pointing the blame squarely at Harvey Weinstein for cutting Good Will Hunting's run in movie theaters short when it could have done even better. Kevin Smith made the revelation public in his new book, Kevin Smith's Secret Stash. This was allegedly done just to prevent paying out more to one of its lead stars in Williams, whose deal to appear in Good Will Hunting was tied into its box office performance. According to filmmaker Kevin Smith, who served as a co-executive producer on Good Will Hunting, Weinstein pulled the movie from theaters early despite its continuing box office and critical success. New details about an alleged feud between Harvey Weinstein and Robin Williams have been revealed.