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Together with Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando was one of the three professional actors who were named by the TIME magazine as 100 persons of the year in 1999. He was ranked as the fourth greatest screen legend by the American Film Institute. He has an estimated net worth of $100 million.
Through the years of being in this business, Marlon Brando has impressed his millions of fans worldwide. In fact, he was nominated five times as Best Actor for the Oscar awards. During the 1950s, he became a box office King. During his entire career, he was reported to be in romance with several women including Marilyn Monroe, Anna Kashfi, Movita Castaneda and Tarita Teriipia.
In July 2004, Marlon Brando dies due to respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis accompanied by congestive heat failure.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date | Category | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Sale of Asset | Earnings from the sale of his annotated script from The Godfather | $312,800 |
2005 | Sale of Asset | Earnings from the sale of the transcript of a telegram from Brando to Marilyn Monroe after her 1961 nervous breakdown | $36,000 |
2005 | Sale of Asset | Earnings from the sale of his extensive library of over 3,600 books | $45,000 |
2005 | Sale of Asset | Earnings from the sale of his photograph with former lover Rita Moreno in The Night of the Following Day (1968) | $48,000 |
2005 | Sale of Asset | Earnings from the sale of a letter from "Godfather" writer Mario Puzo to Brando asking him to consider playing the role of Don Corleone in the movie version of his novel | $132,000 |
2005 | Sale of Asset | Earnings from the sale of his personal effects from his estate during an auction | $2,378,000 |
2000 | Salary | Salary from The Score | $3,000,000 |
2000 | Salary | Salary from Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | $1,000,000 |
1991 | Salary | Salary from Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | $5,000,000 |
1988 | Salary | Salary from A Dry White Season (plus 11.3% of gross with proviso M.G.M. would contribute his upfront payment plus a similar amount to an anti-apartheid group) | $3,300,000 |
1979 | Salary | Salary from The Formula | $2,700,000 |
1978 | Earning Turned Donation | Salary from Roots: The Next Generations which was donated to the American Indian Movement | $25,000 |
1978 | Salary | Salary from Apocalypse Now | $3,500,000 |
1977 | Salary | Salary from Superman | $3,000,000 |
1975 | Salary | Salary from The Missouri Breaks (plus 11% of gross receipts over $8,850,000 ) | $2,500,000 |
1971 | Salary | Salary from The Godfather (plus percentage of gross on sliding scale; points sold back for $100,000) | $50,000 |
1971 | Salary | Salary from Ultimo tango a Parigi (+ 10% of the profits (equivalent of $10,000,00 in 2012 dollars) | $250,000 |
1970 | Salary | Salary from The Nightcomers | $50,000 |
1968 | Salary | Salary from Queimada | $750,000 |
1967 | Salary | Salary from Candy (plus points) | $50,000 |
1967 | Salary | Salary from The Night of the Following Day | $50,000 |
1966 | Salary | Salary from Reflections in a Golden Eye (+ 10% of the net profits) | $750,000 |
1965 | Salary | Salary from The Chase | $750,000 |
1961 | Salary | Salary from Mutiny on the Bounty | $1,250,000 |
1956 | Salary | Salary from Sayonara | $200,000 |
1954 | Salary | Salary from Guys and Dolls | $100,000 |
1953 | Salary | Salary from On the Waterfront | $100,000 |
1951 | Salary | Salary from Viva Zapata! | $100,000 |
1950 | Salary | Salary from A Streetcar Named Desire | $70,000 |
1949 | Salary | Salary from The Men | $50,000 |