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Director Claims No Profit on $50 M Hit Due to Accounting

4/28/2026

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Director Amy Heckerling said she received no profit payments from Fast Times at Ridgemont High despite its $50 million earnings.
Universal Pictures released the film with minimal marketing, opening it in only a few hundred theaters.
A former Universal employee later told her “You got f—ed,” confirming her claim that the studio’s accounting kept the movie “in the red.”

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Director Amy Heckerling said she received no profit payments from Fast Times at Ridgemont High despite its $50 million earnings.
Universal Pictures released the film with minimal marketing, opening it in only a few hundred theaters.
A former Universal employee later told her “You got f—ed,” confirming her claim that the studio’s accounting kept the movie “in the red.”