After receiving a flat -rate fee for acting in the project, Sylvester Stallone lost significant money from his rocky franchise.

The boxing icon could take home a penniless sum for Rocky if he did not perform any difficult negotiations.

Stallone opened his earnings from the first three rocky films and revealed a contract clause that made him a millionaire from the original of 1976.

But it was almost not for Hollywood Superstar.

Although Stallone obtained separate fees for the script and appear in the role during film production, he was initially rejected from the leading role he wanted, beaten Rocky Balboa boxer.

Ultimately, Stallone fought for his own subsequent, thus avoiding paying only $ 25,000 for the script.

Buchnie, “Sly” also negotiated the percentage of box office. A movement in which Stallone took seven characters home.

Sylvester stallone rocky earnings

“I have ten net points. It was probably the first and last time when someone saw it pays off,” explained Stallone Diversity. “I got $ 35,000 for the first. The script was about $ 25,000.

“[In all, I made] About $ 2.5 million, which was unbelievable to me. I was the happiest man in the world.

“You must understand that in the year preceding” Rocky “my total income was $ 1,400 for the whole year. I got $ 35 a week as a user. Around $ 100 per month. “

Stallone added his payment for his break to the massive screen: “Then [I got] 360 USD a week before tax. He only fired for 25 days. Fortunately, there were a minimum of WGA. I made about $ 2000 for acting. “

Of course, “Rocky I” became global and made Stallone a huge star, not to mention the nominations of the Academy Award and the victory in 1977 for the best film. Therefore, one might think that Stallone would force millions to register in “Rocky II”. Not at all.

“The second contract concerned $ 75,000 All-in. About $ 120,000,” confirmed Stallone, who again negotiated the contract with net points to take another huge payment day home.

Star from 1980

Only like “Rocky III” and “Rambo-First Blood” in 1982 Recent Yorker could oblige these many millions of dollars.

But given that the Rocky series increased over two billion dollars as a whole, Stallone did not get what he deserved from the franchise he created.

In the 1980s, Stallone gained a name as the highest name in the world, next to the former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Stallone and Arnie fit into this form in a world in which more crucial was better, and then dominated the stage of the action star.

Both still operate today, but the command days of eight -digit controls are long gone.

The award -winning Golden Globe and Academy Stallone currently has an estimated net value of 400 million.

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