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Sometimes the biggest misses in life are the choices we never knew would matter.
When horror legend Vincent Price recorded his iconic voice part for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” he was offered either $20,000 upfront or a percentage of album sales. He took the cash.
With Thriller selling over 70 million copies worldwide, that decision cost him potentially millions in royalties.
GravyEducation
Alec Guinness did the opposite with Star Wars
JarJarDrinks
James Earl Jones got $1000 for doing the Darth Vader voice in Star Wars. For the sequel he got considerably more....
jimhotep
That's about $60,000 in today dollars.
horsetuna
Making millions isn't always the goal
Maybe he just wanted to do it
Unfortunate500
Vincent Price's art collection alone was worth 5 million dollars. I think he was ok.
pipatron
The movie and music industry is well known for their creative accounting, meaning that even if they sell millions, that's no guarantee that they made a profit on paper.
crapybarra
TLC found that out
Mostlydeadpool
"never gonna get it.....never gonna get it..."
SleepyHollowAppleTree
Take the money in hand or gamble.
DeepFriedAndSanctified
It also completely depends on what the percentage was. If it was 0.000000000001%, he made a great deal.
userfriendly19777
Royalties can takes months and months, sometimes years to be paid out. 20,000 $ is payment here and now.
FartsSmellBad
With the information provided here we don't know how much that cost him in royalties. The potential percentage is not explained.
Fanner50
What we do know is that MJ’s just prior album “off the wall” sold 20 million copies worldwide: certified 9× platinum
imonsei
That entirely depends on the circumstances he was in at the time. If you can't eat today then all the money you receive next year might as well be dust
Tattooedpariah
I can't imagine a time after like 1940 when Price would have been hurting for money. He was involved in radio, tv, film and so much more pretty much his whole life..
4b6e6f747779726b696e
Some people live large and spend whatever they have.
tsterling00
Or had poor contracts.
InappropriateAndIncorrectHashTagsPlusDragRacingFacts
That's $19990 more than Eddie Van Halen got for the riff, solo, and rearrangement of "Beat It".