Elizabeth Taylor

Blog dedicated to Elizabeth Taylor (aka Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, Elisabeth Taylor, Liz Taylor, Dame Elizabeth) - the famous Liz - the violet eyed woman - the most beautiful woman of all times - the first performer paid with $1,000,000 for a single role - the queen of the screen - the unforgettable "Cleopatra" - the talented "tamed shrew" - the cinema's sacred monster - America's sweetheart - the great humanitarian and fighter against Aids

9/18/2013

Elizabeth Taylor's box-office

Elizabeth Taylor's box-office (between 1956 -1994)
# 1956 - Giant - $175,000
# 1959 - Suddenly,Last Summer - $500,000
# 1960 - BUtterfield 8 - $150,000
# 1963 - Cleopatra - $1,000,000 + 10% of the gross (total salary: $7,240,000)
Elizabeth Taylor's contract for Cleopatra:
- a salary of $125,000 per week for 16 weeks;
- $50,000 weekly after 16 weeks;
- 10% of the film's gross;
- $3,000 per week for living expenses;
- food and lodging;
- first-class tickets for herself, three adults, and three children.
(If we take into account the inflation, Taylor's salary in today's US dollars would be:  $50,680,000)
# 1963 - The V.I.P.'s - $1,000,000 + 10% of the gross
# 1965 - The Sandpiper - $1,000,000 + 10% of the gross
# 1966 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - $1,100,000 + 10% of the gross
# 1967 - The Comedians - $500,000
# 1967 - Reflections In A Golden Eye - $1,000,000 + 10% of the gross
# 1968 - Boom - $1,250,000 + 10% of the gross
# 1968 - Secret Ceremony - $1,000,000 + 10% of the gross
# 1970 - The Only Game in Town - $1,250,000 + 10% of the gross
# 1973 - Ash Wednesday - $1,000,000
# 1980 - The Mirror Crack'd - $250,000
# 1985 - Malice in Wonderland - $1,000,000
# 1987 - Poker Alice - $500,000
# 1994 - The Flintstones - $2,500,000

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