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One of the earlier Superman players, George Reeves, died tragically at the age of 45 of gunshot wounds, officially listed as caused by suicide, and when George’s near-namesake Chris Reeve had the accident that made him a Quadriplegic and undoubtedly led to HIS premature death at the age of 52 some movie industry observers claimed that there was a “curse of Superman” operating.
The above table faithfully records how the grosses for Chris’ Superman flicks dropped away. IMDB credits him with a net worth of $3 million at the time of his death in 2004 and worth $4 million in today’s dollars. Brando was paid $3.7 million [plus a %] for a top-billed cameo in Christopher’s 1st Superman film in 1978. That Brando fee would be worth almost 15 million in today’s dollars and industry accountants reckon that ultimately Marlon’s fee and % after a 1983 out-of-court settlement was worth some $40 milion in today’s money.
Of the 4 Reeve Superman films Chris was top billed in only the last two and as the table above shows those were the 2 lowest grossers by far. IMDB credit Christopher with 9 acting wins and 13 noms
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Hey Bob. I will move this comment to his page in the morning. Good stuff.
One of the earlier Superman players, George Reeves, died tragically at the age of 45 of gunshot wounds, officially listed as caused by suicide, and when George’s near-namesake Chris Reeve had the accident that made him a Quadriplegic and undoubtedly led to HIS premature death at the age of 52 some movie industry observers claimed that there was a “curse of Superman” operating.
The above table faithfully records how the grosses for Chris’ Superman flicks dropped away. IMDB credits him with a net worth of $3 million at the time of his death in 2004 and worth $4 million in today’s dollars. Brando was paid $3.7 million [plus a %] for a top-billed cameo in Christopher’s 1st Superman film in 1978. That Brando fee would be worth almost 15 million in today’s dollars and industry accountants reckon that ultimately Marlon’s fee and % after a 1983 out-of-court settlement was worth some $40 milion in today’s money.
Of the 4 Reeve Superman films Chris was top billed in only the last two and as the table above shows those were the 2 lowest grossers by far. IMDB credit Christopher with 9 acting wins and 13 noms
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Hey Bob. I will move this comment to his page in the morning. Good stuff.