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Mark Jefferies

The Beatles documentary Get Back rakes in £5m for Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

New accounts show that The Beatles raked in millions from their Get Back documentary.

The band’s Apple Corps Ltd netted £58.4million in income last year, or £160,000 per day.

The bumper earnings allowed Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and their bandmates’ widows to pay themselves over £5m each.

The company said it “benefitted from the release of the Get Back documentary” and the stage show Love in Las Vegas, re-opened in 2021.

Apple Corps, set up in 1968, is owned jointly by Sir Paul, Sir Richard Starkey, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison.

The company made a £11.7m pre-tax profit for 2022 compared with £2.8m in the previous year.

Get Back launched on Disney+ in November last year and featured over six hours of restored footage, including The Beatles’ last gig.

The Get Back documentary featured six hours of restored footage of the Beatles (Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Ringo, 82, has now cancelled the rest of his North American tour after testing positive for Covid-19 again.

He tweeted “the rest of the tour is off”, signing off with his trademark “peace and love”.

It came just three days after Sir Ringo said he was “on the road again” after recovering from his previous brush with coronavirus.

He's not had much luck with this tour, which was originally postponed in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic.

The tour was set to finish on October 20 in Mexico City, but Ringo announced today the rest of gigs would not be going ahead.

The Beatles are one of the most famous bands in the history of pop music (Getty Images)
A recent documentary about the foursome raked in millions (Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

In the summer, the nine-time Grammy winner celebrated his 82nd birthday by hosting his annual Peace and Love party in Beverly Hills, California.

The party came just weeks after he made history as the first member of The Beatles to auction off a collection of NFT digital artwork.

The starting bid for all five pieces of art was $1,000 - which included animated videos of his drumming.

In a statement Ringo wrote: "I only ever wanted to be a drummer yet you never know where a new idea of path will lead you."

Ring Starr was forced to cancel the rest of his tour due to Covid (Getty Images)

"This new technology is so far out it's inspired me and I loved creating these NFTs combining my art and my music. Who'd have thought I would be spreading peace and love in the metaverse."

A portion of the money went to The Lotus Foundation, a charity which advances social welfare in areas like cerebral palsy, cancer, domestic abuse, homelessness and animals in need.

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