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Bruce Willis, $120 Million

Bruce Willis initially negotiated for his usual $20 million paycheck to film The Six Sense. On top of that, though, he also asked to receive a percentage of the movie's gross revenue and video sales. The 1999 film earned him a whopping extra $100 million. 

He Sees Dead People

M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense follows the story of Bruce Willis's character, a child psychologist, who helps Haley Joel Osment's character overcome a dark secret: he sees ghosts. The big twist at the end though? Willis was dead the whole time and was just another ghost Osment could see. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.