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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Richard Burton

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Often acts together with Elizabeth Taylor (7)
Number 37 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1950s list
Number 8 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1960s list

Additional Info

Salary (Anne of the Thousand Days, 1970)$1,000,000 plus %
Salary (The VIPs, 1963)$500,000
Salary (My Cousin Rachel, 1952)$50,000

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Appearances

Released Movie Name Role 1st weekend US Gross Worldwide Gross
12/14/1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four O'Brien   $8,368,371 $8,368,371
6/17/1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic Father Lamont   $25,011,000 $25,011,000
3/12/1969 Where Eagles Dare Major Jonathan Smith   $7,100,000 $7,100,000
12/17/1968 Candy McPhisto   $16,408,286 $16,408,286
2/6/1968 Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus   $1,000,000 $1,000,000
10/31/1967 The Comedians Brown   $5,200,000 $5,200,000
1/1/1967 The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio   $8,000,000 $8,000,000
6/22/1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? George   $33,736,689 $33,736,689
12/16/1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Alec Leamas   $7,600,000 $7,600,000
6/23/1965 The Sandpiper Dr. Edward Hewitt   $13,691,111 $13,691,111
6/22/1965 What's New, Pussycat Man in strip club (uncredited)   $18,820,000 $18,820,000
3/11/1964 Becket Thomas a Becket   $9,164,370 $9,164,370
6/12/1963 Cleopatra Marc Antony   $48,000,000 $62,000,000
1/1/1963 The V.I.P.s Paul Andros   $15,000,000 $15,000,000
10/4/1962 The Longest Day Flight Officer David Campbell   $39,100,000 $50,100,000
6/18/1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators Marcellus Gallio (uncredited)   $26,000,000 $26,000,000
9/16/1953 The Robe Marcellus Gallio   $36,000,000 $36,000,000
 Total Grosses $318,199,827 $343,199,827
 Average Gross $18,717,637
 Average Opening Weekend