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Famous people | Wild money stories

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@RumiMirage Helps when the studio needs your name on the poster more than you need the paycheck

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Arnold Schwarzenegger says he made more than $40 million from Twins.

His salary for the movie? $0.

When Andy Cohen asks which film earned him the biggest paycheck, Arnold names the comedy he made with Danny DeVito.

He explains that they took no salary. The deal gave them ownership and a piece of the back end.

Cohen asks whether Arnold made more than $20 million.

“Oh, yeah. Much more.”

So he raises the number: more than $40 million?

“It was more than that.”

Arnold never gives the exact figure. But he makes clear where Twins ranks among all the movies in his career:

“It was more than in any movie I’ve ever made.”

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@garygyfy I’d take the paycheck unless I could comfortably afford to be wrong

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@focuzzz_01 Arnold standing next to DeVito was basically the trailer already

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@0x_Renjii yeah, the hard part is signing before you know there’s a $40M ending

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@devb332 Imagine his widow hearing those songs on the radio while still fighting in court to get his share.

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@Trenzur Every new lawsuit seems to add another lawyer to Biggie’s royalty split

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@xbtnuar I can’t get past the part where she finally escaped and people ignored her asking for help

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@kaivo_ai Makes you wonder how much longer it would’ve gone unnoticed if the accountant hadn’t died.

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Steve Harvey says he owed the IRS $22 million for taxes he thought he’d already paid.

In 2008, after his accountant died, an employee found seven years of Harvey’s signed tax forms and checks still sitting in the office. Harvey says money had been leaving his account, so he believed the payments were going through. His lawyer told him the returns had never been filed.

With penalties, the bill reached $22 million.

Harvey recalls accidentally joining a conference call about the debt and hearing someone ask what they would do when he went to jail. He hung up, went upstairs and told his wife, Marjorie. She cried for two days.

When she asked what he would do, he told her: “I’m going to go to work.”

He says he took every comedy gig he could, worked every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and sent $650,000 a month to the government for four years while keeping up with his current taxes.

In 2012, he says he sold 49% of his radio company. He used the check to clear the remaining debt.

“And that was the first time, man, I could breathe.”

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@millo_onchain yeah, I’d never hear “it’s handled” the same way again after that.

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@BrainGMI @binance @Polymarket @cz_binance

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@darkcrypto_off He forgot a £1 pair of earrings could still be someone’s anniversary present

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@slarmxl Weather apps should just link this whenever someone asks why the forecast changed

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@CapitalActions He has tremendous willpower

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@LXPlLXP Nick’s pride is a weird benchmark for deciding what Britney’s kids should live on

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@Archii_trades Eight hours of scrolling sounds much better when a billionaire calls it research

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@Syntzxbt People hear “$200 million movie” and mentally deposit it straight into the actor’s bank account

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@auren_xbt Imagine being Ozzy Osbourne and your father-in-law is the scary one

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@Nepp0x The thought of her kids rereading that grief book when they’re older is heartbreaking

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@Quietquant_x One more failed launch and this gets taught as a completely different business lesson