Tim Burtons 1989 Batman was hugely successful, both commercially.
While $50 million may seem somewhat standard as superhero film salaries continue to climb, going by current market inflation rates, the $50 million Nicholson was paid back in 1989 would be worth twice that much today. TVs Joker had a hot take on Jack Nicholson.
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It goes without saying that they could not afford to spend almost a third of their entire budget solely on Nicholson, so a deal was struck: the actor agreed to bring his salary down to $6 million in exchange for a percentage of the film's earnings and merchandising.Īccording to Entertainment Weekly, when all was said and done, Nicholson made more than $50 million after the movie earned over $400 million worldwide upon release. Jack Nicholson (Batman) (Image credit: Warner Bros.) The 1989 version of Batmans rival is, for all intents and purposes, just Jack Nicholson in makeup curved sickly smile and all but that. only had $35 million to work with on their massive superhero production. According to Entertainment Weekly, the back-end deal that Nicholson agreed to was worth around 50 million.A nice chunk of change but is that accurate Well, further digging into this deal and in 2013, CNN ran a story about author Marc Eliot’s unauthorised biography on Jack Nicholson. Nicholson's going rate at the time was $10 million, but Batman director Tim Burton and his team at Warner Bros.
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