2018 Getty ImagesAs Sundance Film Festival draws to an end, filmmakers may be wondering where the dollars went. Since 2015, deep-pocketed digital distributors have inflated the average price of scripted film rights at Sundance. The movie grossed $55.8 million worldwide and earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination. Last year, it paid $9.5 million for Patti Cake$, only for it to gross just north of $1 million worldwide. Its previous misfires purchased as Sundance include The Birth of a Nation, which grossed $15.8 million domestically and failed to recoup its $17.5 million Sundance pricetag.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2018 21:18 UTC