wish you could make $40 mil a year?....even after you're dead!

[imported_Mike]

you'd have to be Elvis Presley according to Forbes. They put out a top 10 list:

Top-earning dead celebrities
Rank Name Earnings ($mil)

1 Elvis Presley 40
2 Charles Schulz 32
3 J.R.R. Tolkien 22
4 John Lennon 19
5 George Harrison 16
6 Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel 16
7 Dale Earnhardt 15
8 Tupac Shakur 12
9 Bob Marley 9
10 Marilyn Monroe 8

Pretty sure J.R.R . wouldn't be up there without his movies. 😉 Im surprised Dale Earnhardt is making more than Tupac or Bob Marley...didn't know there were so many nascar fans. 😕😛

Linkage ..good read IMHO

 

[Ausm]

I knew Elvis would be on top of that list.

Ausm

 

[Gunslinger08]

How the hell does Elvis' estate earn $40mil a year? There's no way they sell that many Elvis cds a year.

 

[Jetblade]

How did Elvis die?

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
How the hell does Elvis' estate earn $40mil a year? There's no way they sell that many Elvis cds a year.

Royalties, duder.

Anytime someone uses his likeness, plays one of his songs, etc etc., a large chunk of money goes to the estate.

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
How the hell does Elvis' estate earn $40mil a year? There's no way they sell that many Elvis cds a year.

he had the elvis no. 1 cd come out this year which was so huge they put out a second cd of his other hits that didn't make it to no. 1.

and royalties.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
Im surprised Dale Earnhardt is making more than Tupac or Bob Marley...didn't know there were so many nascar fans. 😕😛

Linkage ..good read IMHO

Dale's only been dead for what, 2 years now. Give it some time, his numbers will come back down slowly.

KK

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: joshsquall
How the hell does Elvis' estate earn $40mil a year? There's no way they sell that many Elvis cds a year.

Royalties, duder.

Anytime someone uses his likeness, plays one of his songs, etc etc., a large chunk of money goes to the estate.

and it's like 20 bucks a pop just to tour the fat guys house and even more if you want to look at his airplane

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: joshsquall
How the hell does Elvis' estate earn $40mil a year? There's no way they sell that many Elvis cds a year.

Royalties, duder.

Anytime someone uses his likeness, plays one of his songs, etc etc., a large chunk of money goes to the estate.

and it's like 20 bucks a pop just to tour the fat guys house and even more if you want to look at his airplane

lol

 

[PoPPeR]

I was going to make a joke about the dead but then I realized that would be very unfunny and downright wrong.

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
I was going to make a joke about the dead but then I realized that would be very unfunny and downright wrong.

no, we would call it a "nef" and move on, because we have skins.

 

[EvilYoda]

man...$40 mil....that's crazy. no fair.

 

[bjc112]

And that's yearly...

DAMN.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
I was going to make a joke about the dead but then I realized that would be very unfunny and downright wrong.

I dunno, when a guy makes more than most people will make their entire lives..just in one year. As long as its clean, nothing wrong with a quick jab in the ribs :Q😉

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Jetblade
How did Elvis die?

Grunting out one on the toilet.