Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - Updated to 2023

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Re: Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - Updated to 2020

Postby John » Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:28 pm

Colin B wrote:
Colin B wrote:Forbes Best-Selling Dead Celebs for 2021:

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People reading more during the pandemic has no doubt helped Roald Dahl this year.

The Prince estate made a large one-off sale which has improved his position this year.

The pandemic has reduced admissions to Graceland which normally contributes most to Elvis' total.

Sad to see him down at No.7 this year.


Great hopes for our boy to do better in the 2022 figures !

Prince's high position was a one-off.

Graceland should show better returns with the Covid restrictions having been lessened.

The Baz Luhrmann 'Elvis' film has generated a lot of publicity & interest this year.

The Forbes figures normally come out around October each year.

Yeah, I reckon old El will jump a couple of places.


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Re: Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - Updated to 2022

Postby Colin B » Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:40 pm

Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - 2022

1 - J.R.R Tolkien - $500m [New entry]
2 - Kobe Bryant - $400m [New entry]
3 - David Bowie - $250m [New entry]
4 - Elvis Presley - $110m [up 3]
5 - James Brown - $100m [New entry]
6 - Michael Jackson - $75m [Down 3]
7 - Leonard Cohen - $55m [New Entry]
8 - Dr Seuss - $32m [Down 3]
9 - Jeff Porcaro - $25m [New Entry]
10 - Charles Schultz - $24m [Down 6]
11 - Juan Gabriel - $23m [New entry]
12 - John Lennon - $16m [New Entry]
13 - George Harrison - $12m [New Entry]

Celebs from 2021 who have dropped off the chart this year:

Roald Dahl - [was No.1]
Prince [No.2]
Bing Crosby [No.6]
Arnold Palmer [No.8]
Gerry Goffin [No.9]
Luther Vandross [No.10]

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Our boy goes up 3 places with $5m of his $110m total earnings coming from Baz Lurhmann's 'Elvis' film !
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Re: Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - Updated to 2022

Postby Colin B » Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:16 pm

From the UK Newspaper 'Express' site:

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... elebrities.

They headline how Elvis has beaten Michael Jackson & the Beatles, but poor David Bowie, who beat all of them, is only mentioned further down in the text.

Odd.
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Re: Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - Updated to 2023

Postby Colin B » Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:12 pm

Forbes Top Earning Dead Celebrities - 2023:

1 - Michael Jackson - $115m
2 - Elvis Presley - $100m
3 - Ray Manzarek - $45M
4 - Dr Suess - $40m
5 - Charles M Schulz - $30m
6 - Prince - £30m
7 - Whitney Houston - $30m
8 - John Lennon - $22m
9 - Bob Marley - $16m
10 - Bing Crosby - $14m
11 - George Harrison - $14m
Equal 12 - Arnold Palmer - $10m
Equal 12 - Marilyn Monroe - $10m


Elvis up to No.2 !


Pretty good showing for our boy considering the Estate got little from the Baz film...

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From the Forbes site:

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Re: Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - Updated to 2023

Postby Yin Yang » Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:27 pm

Poor Elvis. Making so much money and not getting a penny of it.


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Re: Forbe's Top Earning Dead Celebs - Updated to 2023

Postby Colin B » Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:43 pm

Yin Yang wrote:Poor Elvis. Making so much money and not getting a penny of it.


It's an odd situation.

Does Forbes take into account the royalties for Elvis recordings pre 1973 which go to the record company & not the estate ?

STOP PRESS !

I asked the AI site 'Bard' that question & they replied:

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Some fascinating data there !
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Postby Colin B » Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:06 am

To summarise:

The figures published annually by Forbes include the sales of all 'Elvis' product, irrespective of who owns the rights to them.
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