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TIL the first actor to ever earn a $1 million salary for a single film is Elizabeth Taylor for Cleopatra (1963). She also secured 10% of the gross profits & add-ons if the filming ran over, which it did. In total, she earned around $7 million for the movie ($69 million in 2023 money).

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