List of accolades received by Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. It stars Robin Williams, Damon, Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver. The film tells the story of janitor Will Hunting, whose mathematical genius is discovered by a professor at MIT. It premiered on December 2, 1997, at the Bruin Theater in Westwood Village, Los Angeles.^[1] In the United States, the film received a limited release in seven theaters across New York and Los Angeles on December 5, 1998, meeting the submission deadline for the 70th Academy Awards at the last moment. It grossed $138 million and spent thirteen consecutive weeks among the top ten highest-grossing films of the week.^[2][3]