Apart from a fixed fee of $350,000, author Winston Groom made a deal for a three percent share in the film's net profits. However, he never received money from this source. Even though the film turned in more than $350 million in revenue, the studio employed creative accounting by claiming that the movie had actually lost money after correcting for the costs of production and advertising. Groom tried to sue the studio for money, but to appease him, they settled by buying the rights to his sequel novel 'Gump & Co' for a seven-figure sum, as well as a percentage of the box office from the adaptation. Unfortunately for Groom, a sequel never materialized before his death in 2020.

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