16 Pop Culture Staples That Are Massive Cash-Grabs

Turns out greed is the mother of invention.
16 Pop Culture Staples That Are Massive Cash-Grabs

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We all know that there's at least some aspect of greed behind everything you can buy, watch, or listen to. Because capitalism. But trust us, it goes way deeper than that. Sometimes profit isn't just a motivation, it's the ONLY motivation.

For example...

DOSTOYEVSKY WROTE CRIME AND PUNISHMENT TO PAY OFF HIS GAMBLING DEBTS. Then he spent the extra money he made... on more gambling. CRAGKED.GOM
The trend where RAPPers constantly name drop famous products in their songs began with Run DMC. After Run DMC's 'My Adidas' became a hit, they sent a
Monty Python: Live at the 02 staged settle debts. was to some Thanks to lawsuit Spamalot a over royalties, alimony, mortgage, and A various other IsSu
McDonald's offers the McRib whenever pork prices are low. So yes, they're made from cheap meat, but not in a bad or dangerous way. CRACKED COM
Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange just to earn some quick cash. He later quipped that it was a jeu d'esprit knocked off for money in three wee

Garfield

$ Jim Davis has said that Garfield was a conscious effort to come up with a good, marketable character. It's essentially a formula. I notice dog st

Jurassic Park

The T-Rex jeep chase was put in Jurassic Park because of budget restrictions. HARN Originally, the T-Rex was supposed to chase the heroes down a river

Angela Lansbury

Figuring her stage career was over, ANGELA LANSBURY turned to TV to pay the bills. 5 VENITE DA Of 112707 her long- running series, MRDER, SHE UROTE La
CRACKEDC Morgan Freeman did London Has Fallen to stay in Lionsgate's orbit. He claimed that big studios are always making movies and he wanted to be a
CRACKEDCO Michael Caine is SO uninterested in Jaws: The Revenge that he never actually saw it. He also stated that the role paid for his mom's house.

Secret Wars

Marvel Comics' 1984 Secret Wars comic book series was a milestone in comic book history for being a huge crossover of Marvel's heroes and villains. It

Jerry Bruckheimer

Pirates of the Caribbean was only made because Disney wanted to promote their Disneyland ride of the same name. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer remarked th
SHAQUILLE O'NE has never regretted starring in that legendary flop of kzky a kids' movie, WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY, No? The important thing was a $7 m
CRACKED.COM $ David Seltzer has said that he wrote the script for The Omen because he was broke and needed some money in order to keep his car.
COPS PREMIERED ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR Fox WHEN THEY WERE STRUGGLING. ISTOP BM B COPS With the Writers' Guild of America locked
Everybody loves Jackie Chan's and Chris Tucker's iconic RUSHHDDR - movies, right? Well, Chan was in them just for the money. Chan has said that there'
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