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Tom Cruise Has Made Sooooo Much Money From "Top Gun: Maverick" Thanks To A Contract Structure That Hollywood Won't Offer Ever Again
"Top Gun: Maverick" has soared well above $1 billion at the global box office and therefore, so has Tom Cruise's payday.
A Rag-Wearing Bus Passenger Was Secretly Sitting On An Absolute Fortune The Entire Time
Publicly, Jack MacDonald gave off the appearance of a man who was living out his final years just barely above the poverty line. Privately, Jack was living with an amazing secret.
All The Television Actors Who Have Earned $1 Million (Or More) Per Episode
Making $1 million (or more) per episode of a television/cable/streaming show used to be a fairly rare occurrence. Not anymore. With A-list film actors making the jump to the small screen, salaries have skyrocketed. Since 2017, 11 actors and actresses have joined the $1 million per episode or more club.
Imagine Making $2000 A Day From Something You Did 40 Years Ago… That's What Sting Did, And Then He Grabbed $300 Million…
30 Years ago, Sting screwed his bandmates out of royalties for "Every Breath You Take". Now, thanks mainly to Diddy, Sting will make $2000 per day in royalties for the rest of his life (and then some) from that one song.
The 5 Highest Grossing Animated Movies Of All Time
From monsters to Minions a lot of money has been made from animated movies. But there can only be one true… KING of the box office.
The 10 Poorest Countries in the World
The disparity in wealth between the richest and poorest countries in the world can be absolutely mind blowing when you compare those countries' Gross Domestic Product (GDP).Maybe they can help these countries out.
Floyd Mayweather Bet It All On Himself In 2006… That Gamble Turned Into $1.1 Billion
Back in 2006, Floyd Mayweather took a very big gamble with his future. It paid off and enabled him to make hundreds of millions of dollars when he fights today.
Meet The Meth Kingpin Who Blew $125 Million Gambling In Vegas Casinos And Had $207 Million In Cash Seized From His Bedroom
Chinese-Mexican drug kingpin Zhenli Ye Gon blew away $125 million in a handful of Vegas casinos between 2004 and 2007. His story will absolutely blow your mind.
How Channing Tatum Bet On Himself And Built "Magic Mike" Into An XXXL Financial Empire
A decade ago, Channing Tatum took a huge risk with the semi-autobiographical film "Magic Mike." That risk paid off and today he is sitting on an XXXL financial empire.
How A Private Jet Full Of Prostitutes Earned Mikhail Prokhorov $10 Billion
It may be hard to believe, but Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov owes his entire $13.5 billion fortune to a private jet full of 20-year-old prostitutes and a debaucherous New Years party.
How Walt Disney's Housekeeper Secretly Died A Multi-Millionaire
After working as Walt Disney's family housekeeper for more than 30 years, Thelma Pearl Howard shocked friends and family when she left behind a multi-million dollar fortune. How did a lowly housekeeper become so rich?
Disney Is Paying Bob Chapek A Ton Of Money To Go Away
Bob Chapek spent less than three years as Disney CEO. But between salary and bonuses, he's walking away in great financial shape.
After Earning $6M From The NBA, Vinnie Johnson Launched A Multi-Billion Dollar Automotive Empire And Earned A $500M Fortune
Vinnie Johnson was the longtime sixth man for the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He was a perennial fan favorite. He played 10 seasons in Detroit and was a part of the 1989 and 1990 NBA Championship teams. For most people, that career would be the pinnacle of success, but for Johnson, it was just the beginning.
A $175 Million Dollar Blunder: How A 30-Year-Old Entrepreneur Allegedly Defrauded JP Morgan With 4 Million Fake Email Accounts
On Wednesday, JP Morgan filed a lawsuit against the founder of a company it acquired for $175 million back in 2021. If true, the allegations JP Morgan has made are quite… ballsy.
Court Filing Reveals FTX's Biggest Equity Investors… Tom Brady And Giselle May Have Lost A 9-Figure Payday
A newly released court document filed as part of FTX's bankruptcy process revealed the company's biggest investors. Investors who will all soon be wiped out. Tom Brady and Gisele both made the cut. And it is a deep, painful cut.