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That $5000 would be worth...

posted 10 years ago by tenantennae
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...somewhere in the ballpark of $70,000 - $85,000 today, assuming the film is set between 1930 - 1939. Talk about in-betweens!

[–] metsrus 9 years ago

he won the last fight so he ended up with 10k right?

[–] tenantennae 9 years ago

Yes, but he gives one of the two stacks($5000) to Speed and Poe for "the in-betweens".

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[–] dcoydcoy 9 years ago

I was thinking the same thing while watching the movie recently. I do believe though, that the dollar was about 25x the value as today. But not sure. Hellavalot of dough though!

[–] dcoydcoy 9 years ago

Just checked, and you're "right on the money"!