Tom Cruise has backed off his original plan to split his assets 50-50 with estranged wife Nicole Kidman, and is now demanding 75% of the spoils of their marriage, according to The New York Post.

The paper said Kidman's lawyer has revealed that Cruise is now taking a hard-line, insisting on three-quarters of their estimated joint fortune of $350 million.

The actor, 39, claims he can account for $225 million of that bankroll, while Kidman is worth $110 million. They also jointly own three estates: an $8 million Los Angeles place, a $5 million luxury townhouse in London, and a $4 million home in Kidman's native Australia, the report said.

Cruise is insisting the couple broke up in December, a month before California's 10-year-marriage threshold for 50-50 assets division kicks in. Kidman says they didn't break up until February, which would garner her half of the dough. To bolster her argument, she says Cruise got her pregnant during that time. The baby miscarried in March.

An Oct. 4 hearing date has been set to sort out the financial details, as well as custody of their adopted kids, Isabella, 8, and Conor, 6.


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