James Cameron Gave Up Millions For His Divorce To Linda Hamilton Despite Being Married For Only One
Going through a divorce is hard on anyone, but doing so with the whole world watching adds an entirely different level of pain and frustration. However, celebrity splits make for major headlines, so famous figures going through a divorce are always covered when things are at there worst.
As we have seen, some divorces are incredibly expensive. Paul McCartney's divorce cost a fortune, as was Eddie Murphy's split, and even Tiger Woods' infamous divorce.
Years back, legendary filmmaker, James Cameron, split from actress, Linda Hamilton. Thanks to his gargantuan bank account, Cameron forked over tens of millions of dollars, and we have the full details on how much Hamilton made below!
Linda Hamilton And James Cameron Married After Working Together
It's not too uncommon to see co-workers getting together, but when it's done in Hollywood, it makes for major news. Take James Cameron and Linda Hamilton. The iconic director, and the action star forged a marriage that no one saw coming, and it came on the heels of revolutionizing the action genre together.
According to The Nerd Stash, "James helmed Linda in The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). James and Linda started living together after Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The pair welcomed their daughter, Josephine Archer Cameron, two years later, in 1993. James and Linda made their relationship official when they tied the knot in 1997."
Mind you, the pair briefly separated for some time, after Cameron struck up a romance with Suzy Amis. The duo reconciled, got back together, and tied the knot.
Like many Hollywood romances before and after their own, Hamilton and Cameron weren't meant to make it, and the pair eventually split. Due to Cameron's success as a filmmaker, he has made a fortune.
For example, "James famously gave up his $8 million salary when Titanic went over-budget. He took back-end points instead. Those points eventually translated into a $650 million payday for Cameron when the film became the highest-grossing movie of all time up to that point. Thanks to a similar profit-sharing deal, James has earned at least $350 million off the Avatar franchise to date," according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Naturally, the divorce came with a hefty price tag.
Hamilton Made $50 Million For The Divorce
Per CBS News, "The marriage between "Titanic" director James Cameron and Terminator franchise star Linda Hamilton was short-lived, spanning only a year and a half. Cameron reportedly earned upwards of $100 million from the iconic American classic that generated $1.8 billion in revenue. The divorce reportedly cut his earnings from the film in half after Hamilton was awarded $50 million as part of the 1999 divorce."
That's right, Cameron had to shell out a whopping $50 million to make his marriage a thing of the past. Yes, he's made hundreds of millions of dollars, but giving up $50 million still has to sting, especially when that money is going to an ex!
Sadly, things were just not meant to be between the paid, and they have each acknowledged this.
"I think what happened there is that he really fell in love with Sarah Connor. And I did, too," Hamilton once said.
Cameron didn't deny this.
"I fell in love with her initially because I thought she was a little closer to Sarah than she actually is, but that doesn’t mean that much once you get to know somebody," said the filmmaker.
Turns out, getting the bag and out of the wrong marriage was a blessing for Hamilton, despite things being tough at first.
"But I’m so glad to be free of that. I would never, ever put that much energy again into something that is not working," she said.
James Cameron's marriage with Hamilton didn't work out, and like other famous figures, he has quite a unique romantic history.
Cameron Has A Unique Romantic History
James Cameron sure does have a thing for getting with women that he's working with. Office romances are totally normal, but most people avoid them. Cameron, however, seems to relish in them.
NBC Washington had a nice summary of Cameron dating women that he's worked with, and it's shocking to see the amount of times that he has dipped his toes in those forbidden waters. For someone who constantly gets things right in film, he seems to always get things wrong when it comes to dating his co-workers.
To his credit, the man is not afraid to try his hand at love, even if a lesson learned would be ideal to apply.
James Cameron and Linda Hamilton's marriage was short, but rather expensive. At this stage, neither has to do a thing for as long as they both live.
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