Arnold Schwarzenegger claims to have earned more money from the twins than any other film in his career

Arnold Schwarzenegger Roomally he dropped the type of bomb on Hollywood profits during an apparition on Watch What Happens Live. It is there revealed that the 1988 comedy Twins He ended up being his most profitable film.

“It was more than any film I have ever made,” Schwarzenegger said, revealing that he earned over $ 40 million from Ivan Reitman-Co-protagonist comedy Danny Devito.

Schwarzenegger has starred in so many iconic successful films in his career with The terminator franchise, Predator, Total recall, Real liesand it was TwinsThe strange comedy in which he plays a genetically designed twin brother in Devito, who made him more money.

How did it happen? Everything came to an intelligent back-end agreement. Schwarzenegger explained:

“Well, the number one was twins because we had no money for the salary but the property with a piece of the back -End. It was fantastic. We went to the bank with that.”

He and Devito agreed to take zero initial salaries in exchange for 40% of the film profits, betting on the potential of the film instead of asking for great checks. The bet gave its fruits. Great time.

When asked if his earnings were over $ 40 million, Schwarzenegger confirmed that he went even higher. “It was more than that. It was more than any film I ever made.”

Twins In the end he collected $ 216 million all over the world and continued to rake in cash through the home video, becoming one of the most unexpectedly profitable comedies of his era.

At the time, the studies were not exactly in line to put Schwarzenegger in a comedy. “They said,” Are you crazy? The more people this guy kills on the screen, the more money we do. Why should we change it? “” He recalled in a variety of actors with a conversation actors with his son Patrick.

But Reitman and Devito saw something different and believed in the idea. Schwarzenegger made a huge swing with the business model.

“If we do not take any salary, we can shoot the film for $ 16.5 million. We have developed an agreement in which we got 40% of the Backand of the film. It was the best deal we have ever made.”

Fans have been hoping for some time in a sequel. A follow-up called Tripletsthat he would have added Eddie Murphy At the mix, it was in the development phase, but never materialized. “Reitman died before we wanted to start shooting,” Schwarzenegger said, indicating that the dream could end with the director of the original film.