Sylvester Stallone net worth
What is Sylvester Stallone’s Net Worth and Salary?
Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director with a net worth of $400 million. As of this writing, Stallone’s films have generated more than $4 billion worldwide. Unlike most Hollywood stars, Sylvester has written, produced and/or directed many of his major franchise films.
Salary Highlights
After writing the script for “Rocky” in just three days, Stallone found interest in his project at multiple studios. United Artists is the frontrunner, but they want it to be the starring car for James Caan’s Robert Redford. He relentlessly pressured filmmakers Irving Winkler and Robert Chatoff to cast him in the film. He took a $23,000 pay cut for the film. That’s the same around $110,000 today. The film went on to earn $225 million on a $1 million budget.
In 1982, he made $3.5 million for “First Blood.” The following year, he made $10 million — the equivalent of $25 million in inflation — and earned his first producer honor for “Staying Alive.” He earned $4 million and his second producer honor for 1984’s “Rheinstone.” The following year, he made $12 million and another producer credit for Rocky IV. He made another $12 million for “Over the Top.” For Rambo III, he made $16 million. Sylvester made $15 or $16 million for each of the following films:
- locked up
- Tango and cash
- Rocky V
- Oscar
- demolisher
- Judge Dred
- assassin
- expert
- consumables i
- The Expendables II
Stallone made $17.5 million for “Daylight,” $20 million for “Driven,” and $20 million for “Eye See You.”
Between the 1970s and 2012 alone, Sylvester Stallone earned $300 million in base film pay alone. After adjusting for inflation, in today’s dollars, his earnings for that period alone were worth about $500 million.
early life
Sylvester Stallone was born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone on July 6, 1946, in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. He is the eldest son of Italian-born barber Francisco “Frank” Stallone and astrologer and dancer Jackie Stallone. He has a younger brother, Frank Stallone, who is an actor and musician. Complications during childbirth left Sylvester paralyzed on the lower left side of his face, making him look like his now-iconic “snarl” and speak a bit slurred. Stallone spent some of his early years in foster care because of his parents’ unstable relationship. The couple later divorced. Before attending the University of Miami, Stallone studied drama at the American Academy in Switzerland. He left school before finishing his degree and moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting.
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Profession
Stallone’s first starring role was in “The Katie Party,” a softcore movie where he explained that he was desperate after being kicked out of his apartment. He was paid $200 for two days of work. His first few early film roles were minor, including an uncredited role in the 1971 Woody Allen film Bananas. He was also interested in screenwriting, and in 1975, inspired by the sighting of Muhammad Ali flying with Chuck Wepner, he wrote a play about the struggling failure of an aspiring boxer By. Stallone reportedly refused to sell the script unless he was the star of the film. He persisted until he found Owen Winkler and Robert Chatoff, two producers who offered him the lead role of Rocky Balboa.
In 1976, “Rocky” was released. Stallone immediately achieved A-list status and world fame with his starring role. The film received critical acclaim and a box-office hit, grossing $117 million and earning 10 Academy Award nominations. It competed for best picture with other now-classic films such as “The President’s Man,” “Internet,” and “Taxi Driver,” but in the end Rocky won. It also won Best Director and Best Film Editing. Rocky II was released in 1979 and two more were released in the eighties, and Stallone continued to enjoy box office success.
In 1982, Stallone played John Rambo in the action film “Rambo: First Blood,” which was another box-office hit. Three sequels were produced after the first film. In preparation for the roles of Rocky and Rambo, he adhered to an incredibly intense training program, working out twice a day, six days a week, with more in the evenings. In the third “Rocky,” he dropped his body fat to an all-time low of 2.8 percent.
In 1987, Stallone began to face declining popularity when he starred in “Over the Top,” a box-office flop that underperformed among critics. In the ’90s, he released Rocky V, which was another box office disappointment. He tried to make comedy-type films, but was unable to do so in the early ’90s with the films “Oscar” and “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot” suffered criticism and commercial disaster. Stallone had a brief career warm-up in 1993 with the $170 million “The Cliff” and 1996’s “Daylight,” but by the early 2000s his acting career had experienced a string of box-office disappointments and serious disappointments.
Stallone took a three-year hiatus and made a comeback in 2006 with his sixth “Rocky” film. He wrote, directed and starred in the critically acclaimed “Rocky Balboa,” which had a $24 million budget and $155.7 million worldwide. He also reprised the role of Rambo in the fourth installment in the series, “Rambo.” In 2010, he wrote, directed and starred in the hugely successful “The Expendables”, which shot up to No. 1 at the box office on its opening weekend. The sequel, released in 2012, received similarly positive reviews and went to No. 1 at the box office.
In 2015, Stallone added another chapter to the Rocky franchise with the spinoff film “Creed.” Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film focuses on Adonis Creed, played by Michael B. Jordan, son of Rocky’s rival Apollo Creed. Stallone received widespread acclaim and earned his third Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Released in 2018, “Creed 2” also received positive reviews and a $35.3 million opening weekend. The fifth Rambo film opened on September 20, 2019, and grossed $91 million worldwide.
Other companies
Sylvester founded film production studio Balboa Productions in March 2018 with Braden Aftergood. The studio has an extensive production lineup including Creed II, Rambo V and The Expendables 4.
Stallone has also composed music for several films. He recorded the “Gonna Fly Now” theme for the first Rocky and “Take Me Back” for Rocky IV. In addition to this, he sang a duet with Dolly Parton in their film “Rhinestone” in 1984. He is also a boxing promoter and his company name is Tiger Eye Productions.
personal life
Stallone married Sasha Czack in 1974. They have two sons, Sage Moonblood (who died of a heart attack at age 36) and Seargeoh. Stallone and Chuck divorced in 1985. Stallone was married to Brigitte Nelson from 1985 to 1997. He married Jennifer Flavin in 1997 and they have three daughters, Sophie, Sistine and Scarlet.
real estate
In 1999, Sylvester sold a home in Coconut Grove, Florida, for $16 million.
For decades, Sylvester’s main residence has been a palatial mansion in a Tony-gated community called Beverly Park atop Beverly Hills. His 3.5-acre property has a 20,000-square-foot residence. Nearby neighbors include Eddie Murphy, Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington. Similar homes recently sold for $400 million to $70 million. In January 2021, Sylvester reportedly put the house on the market for a staggering $130 million. In August 2021, he lowered the price to $85 million. In December 2021, Sylvester reportedly accepted a $58 million offer from Adele.
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In January 2010, Sylvester and his wife Jennifer Flavin spent $4.5 million on a vacation in La Quinta, California. Since 2014, they have made several attempts to sell the house. By 2016, they had even lowered the price to $3.625 million, but still hadn’t found a buyer. They eventually sold the home in May 2020 for $3.1 million.
In December 2020, Sylvester purchased a 1.5-acre, 13,000-square-foot mansion in Palm Beach, Florida for $35.4 million. The seller of the property, which bought the property for $26 million in 2018, made a profit of nearly $10 million from the sale.
