Here is a flex: How much money Arnold Schwarzenegger made on 1988 comedy ”Twins. “They filmWho participated in Danny Devito as Schwarzenegger’s brotherly twin brother turned out to be the actor’s biggest pay day in his career.
Schwarzenegger said that during a recent performance on “See What Happens Live” (in the video below) which, instead of not taking much salary for his work with the film, he chose a deal for a percentage of its Box Office gross. The feature ended by earning $ 216 million all over the world in theaters and continued to earn a home view.
“Well, number one was” twins “, because we didn’t get any money for salary but ownership with a bit of backend,” Schwarzenegger said about its biggest paycheck ever. “It was fantastic. We went all the way to the bank with it.”
It turns out that Schwarzenegger earned more than $ 40 million on the movie. “It was more than that. It was more than any movie I ever did,” he said.
The backend deal was after the studio had doubts about the action star Schwarzenegger who led a comedy. “If we do not take any wages, we can shoot the film for $ 16.5 million. We developed a deal where we got 40 percent of the backend from the film,” he said. “It happened to be the best we’ve ever done.”
And “Twins” almost stimulated a franchise because of its enormous success: Schwarzenegger said the sequel “Triplets” almost added Eddie Murphy to the role. However, the original director Ivan Reitman “died before we wanted to start shooting.” Schwarzenegger had said 2017 That the script for “triplets” was “almost written” at that time.
Schwarzenegger can now be seen in Second season of “Fubar” alongside Oscar -Nominated Monica Barbaro, Carrie-Anne Moss and Fortune Feimster. Schwarzenegger can also cooperate with his Real son Patrick Schwarzenegger for an action movie.
Told Patrick Hollywood Reporter That he can’t wait to work with his father on the screen. “I mean, that’s the goal along the way is to do these types of things. I would love to do it, if that was the right thing,” he said. “I’ve talked to my dad about it, and I’ve told him I would love to do it if it was the right thing. I have never wanted, but now I feel that I have any points under my belt, and that I have had some work, and I feel that I have come to the point where I would feel comfortable working with him.”
