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what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire
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Trump’s second term could make that total look like chump change.
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
Still, nearly $15 million per year for the next two years isn’t exactly chump change.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Suddenly, even impressive earnings from mid-budget movies were starting to look like chump change compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars franchises could turn in with the promise of sequels.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Working over nine days in Ireland with the chump change left over from another Corman production, Coppola was asked to do a no-budget Psycho and delivered a film that Corman had to reshoot to deem releasable.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
Still, nearly $15 million per year for the next two years isn’t exactly chump change.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Suddenly, even impressive earnings from mid-budget movies were starting to look like chump change compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars franchises could turn in with the promise of sequels.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Working over nine days in Ireland with the chump change left over from another Corman production, Coppola was asked to do a no-budget Psycho and delivered a film that Corman had to reshoot to deem releasable.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chump%20change. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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