Introduction

John Legend is an American professional singer, songwriter, activist, actor, and record producer with an estimated net worth of $100 Million. 

Quick Facts

• Earns $13 million per season from The Voice
• Sold 32 million records in the United States
• Grossed over $84 million in tour revenue

Before Wealth & Fame

Growing up in Ohio, John Legend began playing the piano at the age of four and skipped two grades in school due to his exceptional intelligence. Although he was accepted into Harvard University, John opted to study English at the University of Pennsylvania. 

He briefly worked as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group and also coded spreadsheets and designed PowerPoint presentations while pursuing music part-time.

Music Career

Legend’s entrance into the music industry began as a ghostwriter, but after meeting Kanye West at an event, he was signed to the G.O.O.D. Music record label. In December 2004, John released his debut studio album, Get Lifted, which sold 116,000 copies in its first week, reaching 7th on the Billboard 200. The album was certified platinum in the United States within two months and has sold over 3 million copies worldwide to date.

Throughout the years, John Legend has released ten studio albums, including Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Wake Up! (2010), and Love in the Future (2013). While none of them sold as many copies as his debut album, many of them sold over 1 million copies and were certified platinum in North America.

In 2013, Legend released the single “All of Me” as part of his 2013 album, Love in the Future. The album itself sold over 2 million copies, but the single was the standout. To date, it’s sold over 14 million copies in the United States and is the only single of Legend’s career to be certified Diamond.

The Voice Salary

According to reports, John Legend earns $13 million per season for his work as a coach on The Voice. Thus far, he’s been involved for eight full seasons, with brief appearances in three other seasons. Assuming he earned the same salary for all eight seasons, John Legend should have earned at least $104 million from the show.

That said, his earnings between seasons may vary from one season to the next. It’s also unknown how much he was paid for his brief appearances. With an average of 26 episodes per season, his salary translates to approximately $500,000 per episode.

Real Estate

In January 2016, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen acquired Rihanna’s 8,520-square-foot, five-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom home in Beverly Hills, California. They paid $14.1 million for the property and spent a substantial amount of money remodeling the house, which now features walk-in closets, a home gym, and a theater. Towards the end of 2020, they put the property back on the market, shortly after purchasing their new home. However, with an initial asking price of $23.95 million, it struggled to find a buyer. Nine price reductions later, the couple let it go for just $16.8 million in June 2021.

In September 2020, John and Chrissy paid $17.5 million for a 10,700-square-foot, seven-bedroom, eleven-bathroom home in Beverly Hills, California. The property spans 0.87 acres and boasts amenities such as a home theater and an infinity pool. They still own the house, which now has an estimated value of $18.58 million, and costs the couple approximately $220,000 in annual property taxes.

Highlights 

Here are some of the best highlights of John Legend’s career: 

• Get Lifted (Album, 2004) 
• All of Me (Song, 2013) 
• Glory (Song, 2015) 
• Preach (Song, 2019) 

Introduction

Clint Eastwood is an American professional actor and filmmaker with an estimated net worth of $375 Million.

In what can only be described as one of the longest and most prolific acting careers of all time, Clint Eastwood has starred in at least one film from each of the last eight decades. Not too many share that honor. During his career, Eastwood earned millions from acting in, producing, and directing films in Hollywood.

Film Salaries

While Clint Eastwood’s acting career has spanned more than 70 projects, earning him as much as $12 million per film, his production career has also been incredibly successful. Thus, the $54 million total above only accounts for a small portion of his film salaries and earnings overall. It also doesn’t account for inflation, considering that most of these salaries occurred between 1955 and 1986. We’ve estimated that the inflation-adjusted total is closer to $120 million. 

Early Films Salaries

When Eastwood began film acting in the 1950s, he was typically paid anywhere between $75 and $750 per film. Since this was over seventy years ago, we should probably adjust the values for inflation. In 1955, Clint received a $100 salary from Francis in the Navy, which would equate to $1,199 in today’s currency. The following year, he earned $750 ($8,864) from The First Traveling Saleslady and $75 ($886) from Star in the Dust. His last known salary from the 50s was an additional $750 ($8,342) for playing Keith Williams in Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958).

1960s Film Earnings

In the 1960s, Clint Eastwood began commanding significantly higher salaries, starting with his $15,000 paycheck for starring in A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Inflation-adjusted, this would equate to $155,500 today. He also earned $50,000 for starring in For a Few Dollars More and $250,000 for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The latter would equal $2.48 million today, showing a dramatic increase in Eastwood’s popularity. He closed out the decade with earnings of $750,000 for Where Eagles Dare, $400,000 for Hang ‘Em High, and $500,000 for Paint Your Wagon. 

For all the films mentioned above, his combined earnings, adjusted for inflation, would equate to over $18 million in today’s currency.

Peak Career Earnings

Moving into the next decade, there’s only one confirmed paycheck for this period, which was a $12 million salary for Every Which Way But Loose (1978). $12 million in the 1970s was a substantial amount of money, equivalent to approximately $59.2 million in today’s currency. Even today, it’s very rare to see an actor earn over $50 million for a single film, and salaries typically top out between $20 million and $30 million. 

For the remainder of his acting career, Eastwood consistently commanded multiple seven figures per film, including $5 million for City Heat (1984), $6 million for Pale Rider (1985), and $10 million for Heartbreak Ridge (1986). These three films from the 1980s have a combined total of $21 million and $62.7 million after adjusting for inflation.

Highest-Grossing Movies

Several of Eastwood’s highest-grossing movies originate from cameo roles or production work, including American Sniper, which grossed $548 million at the box office. As for lead roles, Gran Torino scored the highest at the box office, grossing $270 million, and Million Dollar Baby earned $217 million.

The oldest film on the list, in eighth place, is In the Line of Fire ($177 million), produced in 1993. In ninth place is The Mule ($175 million), which is coincidentally the most recent film, made in 2018.

Here’s a complete list of Clint Eastwood’s ten highest-grossing movies:

1. American Sniper – $548 Million (2014)
2. Casper – $288 Million (1995)
3. Gran Torino – $270 Million (2008)
4. Back to the Future Part III – $245 Million (1990)
5. Sully – $244 Million (2016)
6. Million Dollar Baby – $217 Million (2004)
7. The Bridges of Madison County – $182 Million (1995)
8. In the Line of Fire – $177 Million (1993)
9. The Mule – $175 Million (2018)
10. Unforgiven – $159 million (1992)

Car Collection

Clint Eastwood has multiple fancy cars in his collection, including:

• Ford Roadster
• Lincoln K-Series Convertible
• Austin Healey
• Cadillac Eldorado Series 62 Convertible
• Jaguar XK150 Roadster
• Morris Mini Countryman ‘Cooper S’
• Ferrari 275 GTB
• Gran Tarino
• Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer
• Pontiac Special Edition Trans-Am
• Ferrari 308 GTB
• GMC Typhoon
• Fiat 500e

Eastwood has a $30 million house in Los Angeles and a ranch in California. The legendary actor also owns many pets, which can be very expensive to care for. 

Introduction

John Travolta is an American professional actor and film producer with an estimated net worth of $250 Million.

Since his first professional acting credit in 1972, John Travolta has spent over five decades in the entertainment industry, starring in more than 100 projects. At the peak of his career, Travolta regularly received a $20 million upfront salary per film, resulting in total earnings of $251 million, as per the publicly available salaries we could find.

Regarding box office numbers, his movies grossed over $3 billion worldwide, with the 1978 film Grease reaching the number one spot at $396 million.

Quick Facts

• Regularly commanded $20 million per film in the late 1990s and early 2000s
• Grossed over $3 billion at the global box office
• Worked as a pen salesman before becoming famous

Before Wealth & Fame

Although initially passionate about aviation and wanting to become a pilot, John Travolta dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to pursue his acting career. After moving to New York City to study at a drama school, he began searching for acting roles but worked several jobs before breaking into the industry. One of which was a job as a pen salesman, selling pens over the phone. His first few television appearances were in commercials, including one for Safeguard soap.

Earnings & Salary

Early Film Salaries

Travolta has earned hundreds of millions from films after 1978’s Grease put him on the map. We don’t know how much he earned for Grease, but his earliest recorded paycheck was $150,000 in 1993 for Pulp Fiction. In the mid-1990s, Travolta began earning multiple seven-figure salaries for projects, including $6 million for Get Shorty (1994), $12 million for Michael (1995), $8 million for Phenomenon (1995), and $7 million for Broken Arrow (1996).

$20+ Million Paydays

In 1996, John earned his first $20 million paycheck twice, receiving $20 million each for Face/Off and Mad City. He also earned $20 million for A Civil Action and $17 million for Primary Color in 1997. In fact, between 1996 and 1999, Travolta earned at least $129 million from seven films. The $20 million paydays continued into the 2000s with films such as Swordfish, Ladder 49, and Be Cool. 

Real Estate

One of Travolta’s more interesting properties in his real estate portfolio is a 5,453-square-foot, five-bedroom home in Ocala, Florida. According to public records, the last known sale was in 2001 for $550,000. While sources state this is the year he acquired the property, his reported purchase price was $3.5 million. What makes it interesting is that the land is located within the Jumbolair aviation community, which features a private runway shared by 38 residential homes. 

Travolta was one of the first people to acquire land within the community, and his property is just a stone’s throw away from the airstrip. Older satellite images of the home displayed multiple private jets in Travolta’s driveway; however, none appear in the most recent photos from 2025. It appears that he still owns the property, but perhaps doesn’t use it as frequently. Reports suggest it’s currently worth around $10 million.

Highest-Grossing Movies

Travolta’s highest-grossing movie is the second-earliest film produced in his top ten. Grease, released in 1978, grossed $396 million at the global box office. Saturday Night Fever was the only other 1970s movie to make the list. 

Here’s a list of John Travolta’s ten highest-grossing films:

1. Grease – $396 million (1978)
2. Bolt – $310 million (2008)
3. Look Who’s Talking – $297 million (1989)
4. Austin Powers in Goldmember – $297 million (2002)
5. Wild Hogs – $254 million (2007)
6. Face/Off – $246 million (1997)
7. Saturday Night Fever – $237 million (1977)
8. Pulp Fiction – $214 million (1994)
9. Hairspray – $204 million (2007)
10. Phenomenon – $152 million (1996)