The epic biopic "Elvis" covers a lot of ground - 42 years, to be precise - from the iconic singer's birth until his death in 1977. Given the inevitable event compression required of any The only daughter of the King of Rock 'n' Roll inherited $100 million in 1993 on her 25th birthday, but she lost the majority of her inheritance over the years thanks to mismanagement and bad Of course, by 1973, Elvis had quite the back catalogue to work with, meaning this would have earned RCA a huge amount of money. The deal was done, and RCA paid Elvis and Colonel Tom $5.4million The Elvis estate, on the other hand, was worth $75 million in 1989 and had an estimated gross income of $15 million per year. How Did Elvis Presley Die. Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, from a heart attack. He was 42 years old. Elvis Presley, the son of Rock and Roll royalty, was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. In the 95-page filing, Ms. Keough also agreed to pay as much as $400,000 to cover Ms. Presley's legal fees related to the petition Ms. Presley filed earlier this year, challenging the validity At the time of his death in 1977, Elvis Presley's net worth was around $5 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. (That's around $24 million today.) This figure was complicated by expenses Elvis Presley may have left the building, permanently, but the King of Rock N' Roll is still an economic powerhouse. Forty-five years after his death, Elvis' estate generated $110 million in While we don't know precisely how much Austin made at that time, online sources state that the base rate for a child actor is $1,030 for either a half-hour or one-hour show. For a week the base rate for child actors is roughly $3,575. Adjusting for inflation, $668.66 would be the base rate Austin could have received in 2005. However, it was the Colonel who negotiated Presley's move from Sam Phillips' comparatively small Sun Records to the much larger RCA Records in November 1955. This was no mean feat, because Phillips demanded a then-unprecedented total of $40,000 (the equivalent of roughly $436,000 in today's money) for the deal to go through. How Much Did Michael Jackson Make Last Year? In 2018, Michael Jackson earned $400 million, which is ten times more than the next on the list — Elvis, who only made $40 million. About $287 million of that came from the sale of a stake in EMI Music Publishing. ohHynu.