How much money was made at the end of trading places?

Per single contract this is 15,000 pounds * 84.5 cents per pound = $12,675 per contract. Multiply this by roughly 20,000 contracts and their total profit was: $253,500,000. In just one hour on the trading floor. Impressive.

How do they get rich in Trading Places?

Investors make money when they buy low and sell high. In Trading Places, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd sell high and then buy low. Once the price gets to a high point, and the whole market thinks the price will only go up, Aykroyd calls out a promise to sell OJ at that high price in the future.

Was trading places a remake?

Trading Places Remake in 1996 – IMDb.

How much did Winthorpe and Valentine make at the end of Trading Places?

When the bell rings for the end of trading, the cost for April is 29 cents a pound. In other words, Winthorpe and Valentine arranged contracts to sell millions of pounds of frozen concentrated orange juice for $1.42 a pound, which they ultimately only paid 29 cents a pound for.

Who was in the gorilla costume in trading places?

12. THERE WERE OTHER INTERESTING CAMEOS. Bo Diddley played a pawnbroker, Jim Belushi was in the gorilla costume, Al Franken and Tom Davis played baggage handlers, Frank Oz played a police officer, and Kelly Curtis, Jamie Lee’s sister, played “Muffy.”

What is the story behind the movie Trading Places?

Anyway, we all know the story from Trading Places. Dan Aykroyd plays a snobbish investor Louis Winthorpe (“the Third”), while Eddie Murphy plays a street con artist Billy Ray Valentine whose lives get reversed as a result of a bet between two cruel millionaires, the Duke brothers.

How do you feel 30 years after trading places came out?

Feeling good. It’s been 30 years since Trading Places came out. And, to be honest, I never really understood what happened at the end of that movie. Sure, Louis Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) and Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) get rich, and the Duke brothers lose all their money.

How much did Trading Places make at the box office?

Trading Places was considered a box-office success on its release, earning over $90.4 million to become the fourth-highest-grossing film of 1983 in North America. It also received generally positive reviews.

How do you get on the floor when trading with Eddie Murphy?

At one point the Dukes are trading with Eddie Murphy though and he gives advice at the dinner party to the Dukes friend, perhaps the positon was office manager/trader. In reality to get on the floor you need to hold an exchange seat. They weren’t the executing traders for the Dukes cause that guy was there also. The more I remember now this is a pl