Though the official box office records are not available, it is generally accepted that Doctor Faustus, The Comedians, Boom!, Under Milk Wood, and Hammersmith is Out all lost money. Audiences of the time failed to appreciate the artistry the Burtons imbued is each of the films with the exception of Hammersmith is Out, and even it has amusing moments.
Certainly she had one. She was a clever and wise woman when it came to money and assets.
The officially released figure is $44,000,000 US. That equals about $330,000,000 US in 2012 dollars. Elizabeth's salary after her % of the gross, overtime, and expenses came to approximately $7,500,000 or $56,250,000 in 2012 dollars. The US gross is listed at $57,777,778 with an unknown international gross. During Cleopatra's initial release, it grossed a little over $26,000,000 making it the highest grossing film of 1963, giving the movie the dubious distinction of being the highest grossing film of the year while it still lost money.
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MLB player Jared Burton made $3250000 in the 2014 season.
I would venture to say that she did it for profit....... Of course it was for profit, but it was also to expand her business. Elizabeth Taylor's Passion was the most successful celebrity endorsed (and she even worked on the creation of the scent and bottle design as she did with the rest of her perfume line) scent released and it needed a successor. That became White Diamonds and about the same time she released Passion for Men. White Diamonds remains a top seller even after being on the market for over 20 years. A substantial % of Dame Elizabeth's (now The Elizabeth Taylor Trust) profits go to amFAR and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. So, yes she did it for profit, but it was also to expand the line and to raise money for AIDS.
Some of Elizabeth's jewels went to family and friends who were unpublicized with the exception of Debbie Reynolds who received an undescribed ruby piece. The rest were sold at auction. Christie's reported that the auction of the major jewels (those not included with her Haute Couture) realized a staggering total of $137,235,575.00 US Dollars making it the most valuable private collection of jewelry ever put up for auction. The top lot of the sale was the legendary 16th century La Peregrina Pearl which realized a double record setting $11,842,500.00 US Dollars. The world records set were for the highest price for an historic pearl and for a pearl jewel. Fascinating since Richard Burton only paid $37,000 US Dollars for it in 1967. The total value of Dame Elizabeth's jewels could exceed $150,000,000.00 US Dollars when the ones in the online auction and those included in the Haute Couture auctions are included.
Officially, this number will not be known until her Will has been processed through probate, but estimates of the value of her estate are in the hundreds of millions of dollars US.
Richard Money was born on 1955-10-13.
To try and make you Buy Burton Bindings also! That's more money for them in the long run.
A four star movie called, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Elizabeth Taylor has never looked more prettier than in that movie.
her life goal was to donate money to education.and to help kids....not only beacuase she was know for her purple eyes...and yes she does.. though i consider them more violet
Elizabeth Taylor is and was a front person in talking the talk and walking the walk. She lent her voice to the world about what Aids was and educated many people about them with aids could get hugs too. She is a wonderful person!! Elizabeth Taylor became involved in the AIDS movement in the early 1990s after she lost two close friends, Rock Hudson and Malcolm Forbes, to the disease. She is the co-founder of AMFAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research). She also founded her own AIDS organization called the Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation. ETAHV provides money and support to organizations that deliver direct care services to people live with AIDS. The foundation has raised millions of dollars towards the cause.