A plucky young woman smiled through tears, without being a "Million Dollar Baby."

The story is being adapted for the screen for the first time as part of King's "Dollar Baby" deal.

The term, 'Million Dollar Baby' was from a nose art on a WWII B24 heavy bomber.

Stephen King has also said that it is his favorite and it is because of Darabont that he created the Dollar Baby.

Million Dollar Baby (producer) (2004)

In 1996, when King first publicly discussed the Dollar Deal policy, he mentioned "sixteen or seventeen" such Dollar Babies.

The known Dollar Babies between 1977 and 1996 are:

On the Internet, the largest public collection of the Dollar Babies has been put together by Bernd Lautenslager from the Netherlands.

It is a common misconception that the filmmakers of the Dollar Babies have optioned or obtained the legal rights to the stories the films are based on.

Paranoid is among the most critically acclaimed Dollar Babies.