Celebrity / film Moore's $20M for Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel Is Mainly Profit Studios banking on maverick's popularity with film, budgeted to cost $7M By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff Posted May 15, 2008 2:30 PM CDT Copied Woody Harrelson, right, greets filmmaker Michael Moore at the premiere of "Semi-Pro" in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Who says documentary filmmaking isn’t profitable? Sources tell the New York Post that Michael Moore will receive $20 million in advance to produce the sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, even though production costs are estimated at only $7 million. Studio Paramount Vantage may be willing to give Moore a $13 million bonus because of his track record: The original grossed $219 million. (More film stories.) Report an error