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Brad Pitt Net Worth : Movies,Wife,Children Brad Pitt is a well-known actor and producer with a net worth of $400 million . He has starred in and produced many successful movies, such as Fight Club, Troy, World War Z and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 1. He also co-founded Plan B Entertainment, a production company that has produced several Academy Award-winning films . According to Forbes, Brad Pitt made $31.5 million in 2016, ranking 94th on the Celebrity 100 list.
Who is Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Brad and his two younger siblings were raised in Springfield Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri where he majored in journalism with a focus on advertising. At some point in college he caught the acting bug and had the idea to move to Los Angeles. He up and left school just two weeks short of completing his degree and moved to California.
Career
Pitt began his acting career in 1987 when he had minor roles in films such as ‘Less Than Zero’, ‘No Way Out’, and ‘No Man’s Land’. Pitt also appeared in two episodes in the sitcom ‘Another World’ broadcast by NBC’s television network.
The next year Pitt had a cameo role in the movie ’21 Jump Street’, during which he was signed on as the main actor for the movie ‘The Dark Side of the Sun’.
In 1994, Pitt was part of an ensemble cast comprising Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Cruise, and Christian Slater in the movie ‘Interview with the Vampire’.
The following year he was cast alongside stars such as Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow in ‘Seven’. The movie was a huge hit at the box office, earning $327 million.
During the next few years, Pitt appeared in many successful movies such as ‘Sleepers’, ‘Meet Joe Black’, and ‘The Devil’s Own’. In 1999, Pitt was cast in the movie ‘Fight Club’ which has come to be one of Pitt’s most popular movies.
In 2001 the rising star played a major part in ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ alongside Matt Damon, George Clooney, and Julia Roberts. The film proved to be a major hit at the box office with earnings of $450 million worldwide.
In 2003, he started lending his voice to animated movies such as ‘Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas’s and ‘King of the Hill’.
In recent years, Pitt has also starred in films such as Ad Astra, Moneyball, Inglourious Basterds, and more. Check out his best highlights below.
Notable Salaries
In 1991 Brad earned just $6,000 for his bit part in Thelma & Louise. Just two years later he earned $500,000 for Kalifornia. That’s the same as just under $1 million after adjusting for inflation. Two years after Kalifornia, he earned a cool $4 million for Seven. The following year he earned his first $10 million paycheck for Sleepers. He earned another $10 million for Seven Years in Tibet.
By the late 1990s, his base film salary had increased to $17.5 million, which he earned for Meet Joe Black, Fight Club, Spy Game and Troy. He earned $20 million for Mr. & Mrs. Smith and has earned $20 million for most starring roles that he is not producer. He cut his salary in half to $10 million to appear in the Tarantino movies Inglorious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
In 2001 Brad accepted a lower base salary of $10 million in exchange for a percentage of backend receipts when he co-starred in Ocean’s Eleven. When it was all said and done, he ended up earning $30 million from the film.
For his role in the upcoming Formula One drama, Pitt is reportedly earning a $30 million payday.
As a film producer, Pitt has earned untold additional millions. Perhaps more than what he has earned during his career as an actor.
Biggest Box Office Successes
Here are Brad Pitt’s 10 biggest box office successes:
- World War Z (2013) – $540 million
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – $374.3 million
- Troy (2004) – $497.4 million
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) – $478.2 million
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – $450.7 million
- Ocean’s Twelve (2004) – $363.4 million
- Seven (1995) – $327 million
- Megamind (2010) – $321.9 million (voice role)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) – $333.9 million
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) – $321.5 million
Brad pitt Personal Life
As we mentioned previously, Brad was previously married to actress Jennifer Aniston. They married in 2000 and divorced in 2005. There have always been rumors that they broke up after he began an affair with his Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie. After being in a relationship for nearly a decade Brad and Angelina married in 2014. They divorced in 2019 but officially separated in 2016, however their custody and support battle raged on for many more years.
Pitt and Jolie have six children, a mix of adopted and conceived. After Jolie gave birth to their daughter Shiloh, the couple sold the North American photo rights to People Magazine for $4.1 million and the British rights to Hello! for $3.5 million, for a total payday of $7.6 million. After giving birth to their twins Knox and Vivienne, they again sold the rights to People and Hello! for a total of $15 million. That still stands as the record for most-expensive celebrity photograph of all time.
In 2022, Pitt began dating jewelry designer Ines de Ramon.
Divorce Settlement with Angelina Jolie:
The dissolution of Pitt’s marriage to Angelina Jolie garnered significant media attention, and the subsequent divorce settlement had an impact on his net worth. While the exact details remain private, it is known that the couple’s vast fortune, including multiple properties and a substantial art collection, played a role in the settlement.
Other Real Estate
During his marriage to Jennifer Aniston, the former couple lived in an 11,000 square foot Wallace Neff-designed mansion in Beverly Hills. They bought this property in 2001 for $12.5 million, one year after marrying. They proceeded to perform a complete renovation that took three years. After breaking up and finalizing their divorce, Brad and Jennifer sold the home for $28 million. In March 2020 this home sold for $44.5 million. Here is a video tour of the former Pitt/Aniston Beverly Hills mansion:
In 2000 Brad paid $4 million for a beach house set on 15 acres, north of Santa Barbara in the town of Goleta, California
In late 2006, around the time he was planning the construction of 150 of affordable homes in New Orleans, Pitt spent $3.5 million on a historic mansion in the city’s famous French Quarter. Pitt and Jolie listed the home for sale in 2015 for $6.5 million but ultimately took the property off the market after not finding a buyer.
In 2004 Brad paid $8.4 million for a bluff-top mansion in Malibu, California. He sold this home in December 2011 to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi for $12 million. Just six months later, Ellen and Portia sold it to a new buyer for $13 million. In October 2022 this buyer sold the home for $45 million to a married pair of fashion entrepreneurs with close ties to Kim Kardashian.
In 2015, Brad bought a villa on the Spanish island of Majorca for $3.7 million.
In July 2022 Brad paid $40 million for an architecturally significant historic home in Carmel Highlands, California.
In April 2023, Pitt bought the Los Feliz home owned by Getty oil heiress, Aileen Getty, for $5.5 million.
Chateau Miraval
In 2008, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spent a mouth-water $67 million on a 1,200-acre winery in the south of France called Chateau Miraval. Chateau Miraval is one of the top producers of rosé, with its bottles available at most high end grocery stores in the US.
The main house on the property reportedly has 35 rooms, several guest houses and a recording studio. They actually married at the chateau in 2014. This property became a major point of contention during their divorce proceedings and reportedly caused the final settlement to drag on for years. They did eventually reach a settlement that likely involved an agreement that they would either sell the property down the road or allow their children to be the primary heirs.
Philanthropy
Pitt has been actively involved with a number of humanitarian causes throughout his career. He has donated generously to the ONE Campaign, Make It Right Foundation, and global humanitarian aid fund, Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which he co-founded with partner Angelina Jolie. In 2010, Pitt and Jolie donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders in the wake of Haiti earthquake. Through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation the couple donated tens of millions of dollars to charity. Through the Make It Right Foundation he built 150 affordable homes in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Los Feliz Estate
Brad owns an impressive portfolio of real estate that includes properties around the world that are valued at over $100 million cumulatively.
From 1994 to 2023, Brad’s Pitt’s primary home-base in LA was compound that he pieced together over the years through multiple transactions. Brad reportedly sold this mansion in March 2023 for $39 million after quietly shopping it around a few weeks prior. It never was officially listed on the MLS.
Located in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood, today the property is actually made up of 5 contiguous parcels that span just under two acres. The property has four homes including a 6,600 square-foot main house, a skateboard park, swimming pool and more. Brad bought his first parcel in the compound in 1994 for $1.7 million. The seller was the actress Cassandra Peterson, who famously portrays the “Elvira” character. Cassandra was convinced the house was haunted. Cassandra said of the home:
