Editing Screenwriter (section)

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

'''$5 million:'''
* ''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]'' by [[Terry Rossio]] and [[Bill Marsilii]]<ref name="latimes"/>

'''$2&nbsp;million:'''
* ''Arthur & Lancelot'' '''(unproduced)''' by [[David Dobkin (director)|David Dobkin]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Myers|first=Scott|title=Spec Script Sale: "Arthur & Lancelot"|url=http://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2011/06/spec-script-sale-king-arthur.html|publisher=Go into The Story|access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref>

'''$1&nbsp;million:'''
*''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]'' by [[John Mattson]] ($1.1&nbsp;million, outright purchase<ref name="MiMo"/>)
*''Epsilon'' '''(unproduced)''' by [[Rhett Reese]] and [[Paul Wernick]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|title='Zombieland' Writers Sell Sci-Fi Project 'Epsilon' to Sony (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/zombieland-rhett-reese-paul-wernick-sci-fi-movies-369701|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=12 September 2012 |access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref> ("Sources say the Sony deal closed in the $1 million range."<ref name=":0" />)
* ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' by [[Graham Moore (writer)|Graham Moore]], at "seven figures" to [[Warner Brothers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/warner-bros-buys-spec-script-about-math-genius-biopic-because-leonardo-di-caprio-chasing-lead-role-181822/|title=Warner Bros Buys Spec Script About Math Genius Alan Turing For Leonardo DiCaprio|first=Nikki|last=Finke|date=12 October 2011|publisher=|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref>