Keanu Reeves net worth
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What is Keanu Reeves’ net worth, salary and professional income?
Keanu Reeves is an actor, musician, producer and philanthropist with a net worth of US$380 million. Over the years, he has starred in dozens of movies, some of which have generated billions of dollars in box office revenue. His most famous works are probably the “The Matrix” and “John Wick” series.
early life
Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon on September 2, 1964. His mother Patricia was from Essex, England, and his father Samuel was from Hawaii. Reeves’ mother met his father while working as a costume designer in Beirut. Although he spent most of his childhood traveling the world with his mother after his father left the family at the age of three, they eventually settled in Toronto and became Canadian citizens in 1971. Due to dyslexia, Reeves’ education was affected. He was expelled from several high schools. However, he made up for his sluggish performance on ice and served as a goalkeeper on his high school hockey team. After performing in Romeo and Juliet’s school performances and discovering his love for acting, Reeves left hockey and school to pursue a career in acting.
Early career
Starting from small roles in Canadian television, commercials and various stage productions, Reeves first appeared on the big screen in Youngblood in 1986. Subsequently, he received various co-star roles, including a more important role in the critically acclaimed “Riverside.” Reeves achieved surprising box office success with his smash hit “Bill and Ted’s Adventure” in 1989, which earned more than 40 million U.S. dollars in domestic box office. Reeves went on to star in many major and independent films, including the drama “Point Break” and the independent hit “My Own Private Idaho.”
success
Reeves made it to the top with the success of the 1994 action film “Speed” and won two Oscars, with total international and domestic revenue of US$350.5 million. Reeves achieved greater success in the “The Matrix” series, a trilogy of science fiction action films with a total revenue of $1.6 billion. His work as Neo is widely acclaimed, and his movies are also very popular.
In 2014, Reeves starred in the action thriller “John Wick”, in which he played a retired killer. These films were well received and the box office plummeted. He continued to replay his role in the next two films. His John Wick franchise earned more than $500 million at the box office. At the time of writing this article, Keanu’s films have generated more than $4.6 billion in global box office revenue after adjusting for inflation.
In 2019, Glasgow, Scotland hosted the first Keanu Reeves Film Festival “KeanuCon” in Europe. It was held from April 27th to 28th, and nine of his films were screened in two days.
Keanu Reeves’ income from The Matrix
After Will Smith rejected the role, Keanu got the role of Neo in The Matrix. His advance salary is 10 million U.S. dollars. Due to the unexpected success of the film, he also gained a large backstage, with the first film’s total revenue of 35 million U.S. dollars. This is the same as around $53 million after inflation. In August 2019, Warner Bros. announced the fourth installment of Matrix.
With the sale of DVDs (The Matrix is one of the best-selling DVDs of all time) coupled with the huge box office success of the second and third movies, Keanu’s behind-the-scenes bonus will eventually make him the highest-paid single series of movies of all time actor. Keanu received at least $120 million in bonuses from the second and third films. At the time of writing, his total income from all sources of “The Matrix” exceeds $200 million.
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Keanu Reeves salary highlights
Keanu made only $3,000 in his film debut in “Youngblood” in 1986. He earned $95,000 for his role in “Bill and Ted’s Bizarre Adventure.” He made $1.2 million with Speed in 1994. After adjusting for inflation, this is the same as approximately $2 million. He turned down $11 million to star in the Speed sequel. He said he was not free because he was touring with his band. He made $2 million for Johnny Mnemonic and $8 million for The Devil’s Advocate.
personal life
On December 24, 1999, Reeves’ girlfriend Jennifer Syme gave birth to their stillborn daughter, Ava Archer Syme, on December 24, 1999. -Reeves). Grief affected their relationship and they broke up a few weeks later. In April 2001, Syme was involved in a car accident and she died in the crash. Reeves was then arranged to start filming the sequel to The Matrix, and to buy time to deal with the matter before filming began. In 2008, he dated China Week. He has never been married, and as everyone knows, he is tight-lipped about his love life.
Reeves is not religious, but is very interested in Buddhism and describes himself as spiritual.
In 2014, two stalkers broke into Keanu’s home on the Hollywood Hills. The first happened on September 12, when he woke up in the library and found a stalker told him that she was there to meet him. He calmly talked to her and called the police. Three days later, a second stalker broke into his home through the door opened by Reeves’ cleaner. The stalker took off his clothes, took a shower in the bathroom, and then took a nude swim in the pool. Reeves was not at home at the time, but the cleaning staff notified the police and the stalker was taken away.
Reeves set up a cancer charity, but chose not to attach his name to it. He supports PETA, Stand up to Cancer and the SickKids Foundation.
As for other careers besides acting, Reeves played bass guitar for Dogstar for many years in the 90s. In addition, he is an avid motorcyclist and co-founded Arch Motorcycle Company, a company that makes custom motorcycles. He also co-founded a production company called Company Films. Reeves is the founder of a small publishing house called X Artists’ Books. He himself wrote two books, “Ode to Happiness” and “Shadow”.
