He was reportedly paid $ 5000 for the role, although some stories state the actual amount was only $ 1000. Lugosi is credited as " The Scientist ", a character whose purpose is unclear.

He finished Titus Groan and Gormenghast and completed some of his most acclaimed illustrations for books by other authors, including Lewis Carroll's Hunting of the Snark ( for which he was reportedly paid only £ 5 ) and Alice in Wonderland, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the Brothers Grimm's Household Tales, All This and Bevin Too by Quentin Crisp and Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as well as producing many original poems, drawings, and paintings.

Kids who were slimed were reportedly paid extra.

The band were reportedly paid little or nothing.

The Birmingham Americans weren't paid for their last five games, the Florida Blazers weren't paid for the last three months of the season ( and reportedly survived on McDonald's meal vouchers ), and the Sharks weren't paid for what turned out to be their last six games ; the most dire situation, however, was that of the Detroit Wheels.

magazine reportedly paid one million dollars for the first baby pictures for their July 10, 2008 issue.

He reportedly paid 150. 00 for the initial to Alexis LaPrairie.

He was reportedly paid one million dollars for that role.

Superdry reportedly paid £ 12m for the lease.

Following the retirement of Michael Schumacher and his new deal with Ferrari, Räikkönen was estimated to be the highest paid driver in F1, with a base salary reportedly worth US $ 51M annually.

When Diocles retired at the age of 42 after a 24 year career his winnings reportedly totalled 35, 863, 120 sesterces ($ US 15 billion ), making him the highest paid sports star in history.

Topshop reportedly paid Moss £ 3 million for her work.

The CIA reportedly paid Hobeika ( through Lebanese army intelligence officers ) to assassinate Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, the spiritual leader of the militant Shi ' ite group Hezbollah because Fadlallah was considered by US officials to have taken part in planning the October 1983 bombing of the US marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 servicemen.

He moved to lodgings in Deal, on the Kent coast, and was paid ( reportedly ) a £ 15 wage by Blond.

Heman Marion Sweatt, later the plaintiff in another desegregation case heard by the Supreme Court, worked with Gaines at the University of Michigan, where the NAACP had paid for him to attend graduate school in the meantime, and reportedly found him " rather arrogant.

Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, who paid the cost initially, reportedly bought one bell and undertook to buy another.

Safeco reportedly paid US $ 40 million to have its name on the stadium for 20 years.

The CIA reportedly offered him a contract in March 2003 and asked him to work as an infiltrator for American intelligence in Guantanamo, being paid $ 5, 000 and a monthly stipend of $ 3000.

When Coke arrived in London on 17 December 1849 to collect his hat he reportedly placed it on the floor and stamped hard on it twice to test its strength ; the hat withstood this test and Coke paid 12 shillings for it.

Kenco reportedly paid TV3 Group a six-figure sum to place their branding on two key early morning television shows mainly, The Morning Show and Midday from September 2011.

His trip back to Britain on a private jet was paid for by the Sun, which reportedly paid Michael Biggs £ 20, 000 plus other expenses in return for exclusive rights to the news story.

< li > An Apple I reportedly sold for $ 50, 000 USD at auction in 1999.

Sen. Ross, who was the deciding vote in the Senate, reportedly received a bribe of $ 20, 000 to acquit Johnson.

" Apple reportedly obtained an eight-year license for Applesoft BASIC from Microsoft for a flat fee of $ 21, 000, renewing it in 1985 through an arrangement that gave Microsoft the rights and source code for Apple's Macintosh version of BASIC.

Alan Jay Lerner's pattern of financial mismanagement continued until his death from cancer in 1986, when he reportedly owed the US Internal Revenue Service over US $ 1, 000, 000 in back taxes, and was unable to pay for his final medical expenses.

Forbes cites that Lady Gaga reportedly earned over $ 90 million in 2010.

* 2010: Groupon reportedly rejects a $ 6 billion offer from Google.

This has reportedly added A $ 5. 2 billion to the Australian economy ; exports account for about A $ 450 million alone.

By 2012, North Korea's external debt had grown to an estimated US $ 20 billion despite Russia reportedly writing off about $ 8 billion of debt in exchange for participation in natural resources development.

The Times cited reports Abdul had been earning as much as $ 5 million per season and that she was reportedly seeking as much as $ 20 million to return.

The 2004 reunion tour reportedly grossed over $ 14 million in ticket sales.

King's lawyer and two others purchased Smith's van for $ 1, 500, reportedly to prevent it from appearing on eBay.

The event reportedly cost Gretzky over US $ 1 million.

In 1931, the studio reportedly suffered a net loss of $ 8 million, and an additional $ 14 million the following year.

New York's mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly over a four year period dangled over $ 100 million in tax incentives to persuade Goldman Sachs to build a 43-story headquarters in the financial district near the destroyed World Trade Center site.

Diaz reportedly earned $ 50 million during the period of a year ending June 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas opposite Ashton Kutcher, and the Shrek sequels.

Bernhardt reportedly refused a $ 10, 000 offer by a showman to display her amputated leg as a medical curiosity ( while P. T.

In 1996, the highest-paid male model reportedly made $ 1 million per year.

Four years later, Claudia Schiffer reportedly earned $ 12 million for her various modeling assignments.

In the mid-Tang Buddhism reached its peak, and reportedly there were 4, 600 monasteries, 40, 000 hermitages and 260, 500 monks and nuns.

Hannibal reportedly entered Gaul with 40, 000 foot soldiers and 12, 000 horsemen.

The empire reportedly was able to field 40, 000 cavalry, and it extended from Fezzan in the north to the Sao state in the south.

Aomen Ribao ( or Ou Mun Iat Pou, Macau Daily News ) is reportedly owned by the Communist Party of China and has the largest circulation ( 40, 00 ).

Mu-metal objects require heat treatment after they are in final form — annealing in a magnetic field in hydrogen atmosphere, which reportedly increases the magnetic permeability about 40 times.

The strikes reportedly killed 30 militants and wounded 40 others.

UBS is reportedly contributing more than $ 40 million to the project, which will pay for all of its activities, including the art acquisitions.

During the First Barons ' War from 1215 to 1217, the prominent sieges of Dover and Windsor Castle showed the ability of more modern designs to withstand attack ; King John's successful siege of Rochester required an elaborate and sophisticated assault, reportedly costing around 60, 000 marks, or £ 40, 000.

A large-scale equipment movement ( reportedly " 40 train carloads ") from Edwards AFB to White Sands was undertaken before and during the mission, to ensure that a landing could be fully supported.

The Earl of Essex brought a motion in the House of Lords to prevent Montagu and Pickering, and 40 Captains who were reportedly of the same persuasion, from holding commissions, but after a tied vote, the motion was not passed to the House of Commons and they were allowed to serve.

* February 15 – Author Michael Crichton signs a new two-book deal with HarperCollins Publishers, reportedly earning $ 40 million for the two books.

Captain Miller of the Black Tigers drove a small truck carrying explosives through the wall of a fortified Sri Lankan army camp, reportedly killing 40 soldiers.

Although, the exact pattern of episodes shown a week varied over the course of Channel 5's run, episodes were typically shown roughly five times a week in a 04: 40 slot ( the run did briefly move to a late night slot, with varying times but typically around 23: 30, but this soon reverted back to the 04: 40 slot, reportedly after complaints from ITV that it clashed with their own various runs of later episodes on assorted regions .).

By 1952, the event was reportedly celebrated at 40, 000 known venues.

The deal, which ran for six years, reportedly made Kelley the highest-paid producer in TV history — up to $ 40 million a year — in return for a first-look at his projects.

This ident features a fully orchestrated version of the theme tune and reportedly cost £ 40, 000 to make in 1986.

When the Indians finally retreated, Bowie reportedly had lost only one man, while over 40 Indians had been killed and 30 were wounded.

IBM — which likely timed its announcement to hurt competitors ' sales during Christmas — reportedly spent $ 40 million on PCjr advertising, which used Charlie Chaplin's iconic character " The Tramp ", already used in a successful campaign for the IBM PC, to link the two products together.

In Pakistan, expenditures on tutoring per child averaged the equivalent of $ 3. 40 a month in 2011, a significant amount considering 60 % of Pakistan ’ s populations reportedly live on less than $ 2 per day.

In April 2007, the duo signed a two-year golden handcuffs deal with ITV, reportedly worth £ 40 million, securing the duo's career at the station until the end of 2009.

By 1952, Sadie Hawkins Day was reportedly celebrated at 40, 000 known venues.

He reportedly lost more than 40 pounds in less than eight weeks after having the surgery.