Word: outdrawn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After seven days, with another week still,to go, Martin & Lewis had outdrawn such favorites as Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra to break the Paramount's record for weekly receipts. The new mark: $150,000. Counting up their own take (50% of the gross, minus salaries for an orchestra and supporting players), the comics found that their hard work had paid them the highest one-week salary in the history of show business...