Whitney Houston’s huge paycheck for Denzel Washington’s Christmas movie The Preacher’s Wife

As a singer, Whitney Houston needs no introduction. However, as a Christmas movie star, she may seem a bit more mysterious. Despite this, I have found success in this path of life as well. Not only did she star in the wonderful 1996 Christmas movie “The Preacher’s Wife,” but she also did so opposite the great Denzel Washington, and earned a lot of money for her efforts.

A remake of the 1947 film “The Bishop’s Wife” (itself based on the 1928 book of the same name), “The Preacher’s Wife” is a fantasy comedy-drama centering around Henry Biggs (Courtney B. Vance), an uptight priest. Who is going through a crisis of faith while his church stands in the way of the construction project of real estate tycoon Gregory Hines. Fortunately, there is an angel named Dudley (Washington) and Biggs’ wife Julia (Houston) to support the preacher. Unfortunately, the two seem to be falling in love as well. It’s a Christmas movie, of course, so despite the potential for heartbreak, the ending is a happy one — just like Houston’s bank account after she took on the role. In fact, her salary for “The Preacher’s Wife” was $10 million.

For context, this was at a time when movie star salaries were ballooning throughout the industry, with Jim Carrey earning up to $20 million per film. However, when you consider that the highest-grossing star of the era, Demi Moore, earned $12.5 million for her role in “Striptease,” the $10 million Houston received for a relatively low-stakes holiday film is an impressive sum. By all standards.

Whitney Houston was only 48 years old when she tragically passed away in 2012. Thanks 2022 Music Biography “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody” And clearly the same year Houston-inspired movie ‘Beauty’ on Netflix She remained a strong presence in the film industry after her death, but The Preacher’s Wife was not her only noteworthy film project during her lifetime.

Houston’s most famous film is her acting debut, “The Bodyguard.” Nevertheless Hollywood bigwigs warned Kevin Costner against casting Houston For a 1992 romantic drama about famous singer and actress Rachel Marron (Houston) and her former Secret Service bodyguard Frank Farmer (Costner), the film’s global box office receipts of $411 million against a $25 million budget speak for themselves. Aside from pushing Houston toward brighter lights than before, the music-heavy film is full of great tunes that earned him two Academy Award nominations. She also gave Houston her signature song, a cover of Dolly Parton’s “I’ll Always Love You” — but not before Costner had to defend Houston from rejection When her record company hated the opening of the song.

Aside from “The Bodyguard” and “The Preacher’s Wife,” the acting phase of Houston’s career is remembered for her role as Savannah in Forest Whitaker’s 1995 comedy-drama “Waiting to Exhale.” She also played the role of the Fairy Godmother in the 1997 TV movie “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” Her last film role was in Salim Akil’s musical drama “Sparkle”, which was released in August 2012 – just a few months after her death.