Kevin Smith says that Harvey Weinstein refused to pay him royalties for Clerks, Variety reports.
The 49-year-old filmmaker sold Clerks, his first movie, to the 68-year-old disgraced film producer at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, when Harvey ran Miramax. Harvey reportedly paid $227,000 for the movie, but they agreed that Kevin could receive a backend if the film became profitable.
Clerks went on to become a cult hit, grossing $3.2 million in North American theaters that fall, and earning tens of millions more on VHS. “I’m still out money,” Kevin told the outlet. “It took seven years for us to see any profit from that movie.