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Posted on 5/22/14 at 3:52 pm to Byron Bojangles III
I don't believe a lot of that list. These reports inflate a lot of these people's wealth way more than what they actually have. And I refuse to believe with all his irons in the fire and his film career that Clooney couldn't crack the Top 10.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 3:54 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Props to the Sandman 
Posted on 5/22/14 at 3:57 pm to lsutigersFTW
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Sean Connery is the oldest Oscar winner on Wealth-X's top 10 list, with a net worth of $250 million. The other actors on Wealth-X's list are Tom Hanks ($350 million), George Clooney ($220 million), Michael Douglas ($200 million) and Anthony Hopkins ($160 million).
Posted on 5/22/14 at 4:05 pm to Byron Bojangles III
He admits it
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In a segment that confirmed what many reviewers have long presumed and blatantlystated, Adam Sandler appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, where Kimmel asked him flat out whether his movies are just flimsy excuses for paid vacations. “Yes,” Sandler replied enthusiastically, secure in the knowledge that it absolutely doesn’t matter if he just admits, point blank, that he chooses his projects based on whether they include a trip to some luxury destination, because they are Adam Sandler movies for Adam Sandler audiences. “I have done that since 50 First Dates,” Sandler explained. “It was written in another place. I said, ‘Imagine if we did it in Hawaii, how great that movie would be.’ And they said, ‘Yeah, that’s a very artistic idea.’ I’ve been doing that ever since.”
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Posted on 5/22/14 at 4:33 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Sean Connery would have blasted to the top of that list if he would taken both Gandalf and Morpheus when they were offered to him.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 4:49 pm to Walking the Earth
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Sean Connery would have blasted to the top of that list if he would taken both Gandalf and Morpheus when they were offered to him.
No kidding. He lost out on $450 million just by passing on playing Gandalf alone.
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The former James Bond actor was offered $US30 million to play the wizard in the fantasy films directed by Peter Jackson, a Celebrity Networth report says.
Producers Warner Bros attempted to seal a deal with the Scottish actor by also offering him 15 per cent of the franchise's box office takings, the report said.
Despite that, Connery turned down the role because of his concerns over the script and it eventually fell to the lesser known British actor Ian McKellen.
The Rings trilogy went on to make $US2.9 billion in box office takings, with the first film alone raking in more than $1 billion.
Had Connery accepted the Gandalf role, his 15 per cent of those takings would have been worth $US450 million.
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Posted on 5/22/14 at 7:17 pm to Byron Bojangles III
I thought Harpo is a billionaire?
Posted on 5/22/14 at 7:23 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:Yeah I didn't think about how many times that show has been rerun. Which is exactly why Jerry and Larry make so much, I just haven't seen the Cosby show in years so it didn't cross my mind that it's probably still being shown.
Every time you see these shows on random channels at 2 AM, these people get a little bit richer.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 7:36 pm to Melvin
Larry David moves into a new house every season so he much be rich
Posted on 5/22/14 at 9:08 pm to skullhawk
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quote: 6) Jack Nicholson — $400 million most surprising
Didn't the deal he sign to play the Joker include royalties off of any Batman movies ever made?
It's really not surprising.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 10:47 pm to tigerman03
Yeah I highly doubt that
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:49 pm to Napoleon
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enough to give Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld a literal run for their money.
There's nothing literal about that.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 6:55 am to Byron Bojangles III
I was wrong about him getting money from future movies.
He did sign a mega-deal though
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He did sign a mega-deal though
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As well as landing a $6 million salary, top billing in marketing materials and a percentage of the gross, Nicholson’s contract also entitled him to a slice of the merchandising royalties
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Posted on 5/23/14 at 8:08 am to Feral
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No kidding. He lost out on $450 million just by passing on playing Gandalf alone.
True story - Alec Guinness (who never really cared for the material) - took the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars on 2 conditions:
1. They couldn't really afford him (the only established star in the film, and he was a legend), so he agreed to take 2% of the gross paid to Lucas (whose deal was 20%) - meaning he got just under half a point of Star Wars' box office gross.
2. He would do no publicity for the film.
That's a rockstar making a rockstar decision, right there.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 8:39 am to Ace Midnight
Most of Jack Nicholson's came from Batman.
Shocked to see Will Smiff not on this list, and it almost makes me believe that the list is inaccurate...dude's movies make SERIOUS bank (arguably the most bankable in Hollywood), and he's been getting gross box office points for a long time in his contracts I believe.
Also, how is Oprah not on this list? She is do doubt an actress, and has a net worth of over a billion dollars.
Shocked to see Will Smiff not on this list, and it almost makes me believe that the list is inaccurate...dude's movies make SERIOUS bank (arguably the most bankable in Hollywood), and he's been getting gross box office points for a long time in his contracts I believe.
Also, how is Oprah not on this list? She is do doubt an actress, and has a net worth of over a billion dollars.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 8:45 am to CocomoLSU
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With an estimated net worth of $215 million, Will Smith the rapper, producer and Men in Black actor is now well and truly in the black financially but it wasn't always the case.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 8:45 am to CocomoLSU
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Also, how is Oprah not on this list? She is do doubt an actress, and has a net worth of over a billion dollars.
I think it may be the way her business affairs are structured - it is notoriously difficult to get the true valuation of those on the ownership/production side.
And, how much has she made from acting, vice how much from producing/franchising, etc.? Of course the same could be said for Seinfeld - in his case (as opposed to David, who acts as a hobby), although he was tied up in writing and producing Seinfeld, he was the title character and was in 85% of the scenes of the show.
IOW, Spielberg has acted (Blues Brothers), but his wealth doesn't flow from acting.
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Shocked to see Will Smiff not on this list
I agree - he's had a number of $15 to $20 million paydays - but, again, his may be structured differently.
These are not public officials, so they're not required to make disclosures. If a guy/gal and the respective reps and lawyers say, "frick off - we're not going to tell you" - then a lot of this is sheer speculation.
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Posted on 5/23/14 at 8:48 am to Ace Midnight
Just because you act doesn't make you an actor. Oprah has acted in like 6 things ever
Posted on 5/23/14 at 9:00 am to Ace Midnight
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. They couldn't really afford him (the only established star in the film, and he was a legend), so he agreed to take 2% of the gross paid to Lucas (whose deal was 20%) - meaning he got just under half a point of Star Wars' box office gross
he made a killing on that.
didn't hurt lucas any since he got all the licensing
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