“Good Will Hunting” Trivia | New England By the Numbers

20th Anniversary that Good Will Hunting marks this year (released 12/5/97)

46Combined ages of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck when they sold their screenplay

40Estimated number of pages in Damon’s one-act play, written at Harvard, that inspired the screenplay

oneNumber of movie scenes taken verbatim from Damon’s play (the scene in which Will meets psychologist Sean Maguire)

$600,000Amount that Damon and Affleck each received for the script

$10,000Amount that Damon and Affleck paid the friend who came up with the movie’s title

FourNumber of years between the script’s completion and the first day of shooting

nineNumber of weeks spent filming Good Will Hunting

2Number of Oscar wins (best supporting actor and best screenplay)

$10 millionAmount Good Will Hunting cost to make

$226 millionAmount it has grossed to date