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What are The Rock’s Net Worth, Salary, and Career Earnings?
Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, is an American actor, former professional wrestler, and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $800 million. That net worth includes what we believe is The Rock’s 30-40 percent stake in Teremana Tequila and a current $2 billion conservative estimate valuation of the brand. In theory, The Rock could make over $1 billion from the tequila company. That would be more than he has ever made in his entire entertainment career. Outside of tequila, The Rock is one of the highest-paid entertainers on the planet. In a typical year, he earns at least $100 million from his various film and endorsement endeavors. More details on The Rock’s earnings, assets, investments, and real estate later in this article.
Early Life
Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, was born in Hayward, California, on May 2, 1972. Rocky Johnson, Dwayne’s father, was a former professional wrestler. Before moving to Hamden, Connecticut, the family briefly relocated to New Zealand. When Dwayne was in high school, the family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, and then to Nashville, Tennessee. He was a promising football player in high school and received numerous college offers. University of Miami’s full scholarship convinced him to enroll. When the Hurricanes won the national championship in 1991, he was a key member of the squad. He was replaced by future NFL star Warren Sapp after several injuries sidelined him.
After College
Johnson went on to play in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders, but he was released before the start of his first season. As a result, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both of whom worked in the professional wrestling industry for a time. As Rocky Maivia, a heroic character combining the names of his father and grandfather, Johnson made his WWF debut. When Johnson took on the role of The Rock as a bad guy in the ring in 1997, the public took to him like a duck to water. From 1996 to 2004, Johnson was a professional wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He was the WWE’s nine-time world heavyweight champion.
According to Forbes, Johnson’s $124 million total revenue from his movies and Ballers HBO series were the biggest ever for acting in Forbes’ twenty years of tracking celebrity incomes.
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It was in 2000 that Johnson hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, with the likes of The Big Show, Triple H, and Mick Foley making guest appearances. It was in 2004 that The Rock decided to devote his life to acting. His autobiography, “The Rock Says,” was published in 2000. New York Times bestseller list: The book debuted at number one and stayed there for several weeks. The Scorpion King in 2002 marked Johnson’s debut as a leading man; he has since gone on to appear in both serious and comedic films, appearing in both dramatic and comedic roles in titles like Walking Tall and Gridiron Gang. He has also appeared in comedies such as Get Smart and Race to Witch Mountain, as well as dramas such as Be Cool and The Game Plan. With his most recent appearances in the Fast and Furious film series, San Andreas, Central Intelligence, and the HBO series Ballers, The Rock has wowed audiences even more than before.
The Rock Net Worth and Wealth Milestones
In December 2009, Celebrity Net Worth listed The Rock as having a $30 million fortune. In just over a year and a half, he had amassed a fortune of over $50 million. Celebrity Net Worth ranked The Rock as the world’s wealthiest wrestler in September 2012, valuing him at $75 million. Due to a series of smart business films, his net worth reached $160 million in 2015. Because of his $125 million earnings in 2017, The Rock’s net worth was $280 million in 2018. He made $90 million between June 2018 and June 2019. At the time, his wealth stood at $320 million.
How much does The Rock Make from Movies?
Dwayne earned $5.5 million for his role in The Scorpion King in 2001. After seeing him host Saturday Night Live in 2000, producers decided to cast him in the sequel to The Mummy. Despite a $60 million budget, The Scorpion King grossed $165 million worldwide. The Rock’s Scorpion King’s salary was the highest ever paid to a first-time lead actor. In 2003, he raked in $12.5 million from The Rundown, and in 2004, he made $15 million from Walking Tall. With the release of Skyscraper in 2018, he earned his first paycheck of over $20 million. $43 million is what he made in 2013. $65 million was earned by him in 2015.
Dwayne Johnson earned $125 million between June 2017 and June 2018, making him the highest-paid actor on the planet. In addition to salary and backend points, The Rock demands up to $4 million in contractual fees to promote his films, thanks to his enormous social media following. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw earned him $20 million for his role in the film. For comparison, Jason Statham and Idris Elba earned $13 million and $8 million, respectively, for their roles in the film.
Business Mogul
A production company called Seven Bucks Productions was founded in 2012 by him and his ex-wife Dany Garcia. Seven Bucks’ digital, creative, and production teams are involved in every aspect of a film’s production, from the script reading to the film’s promotion. Johnson’s social media accounts, including Instagram and YouTube, are overseen by the company. In addition to mainstream actors, Seven Bucks is planning several film projects starring some of his former WWE stars like John Cena.
Shazam! was produced by Seven Bucks, which did not feature The Rock in any way. His name appears as a producer on the films Baywatch, Rampage, Skyscraper, and Jumanji as well as many others. At one point in their lives, they were both cut from a Canadian Football team and ended up living back in Florida with only seven dollars in their bank accounts. The name of the company refers to that time in their lives.
Apple, Ford, and Under Armour are just a few of the brands that have signed on The Rock as an endorser. Clothing and headphones bearing the Under Armour logo are part of the deal. Seven Bucks is now working on products that have nothing to do with Dwayne Johnson.
Teremana Tequila
Mast-Jägermeister will distribute Teremana Tequila, which was launched in March 2020 by The Rock and a group of partners. The brand sold 300,000 cases in its first year of operation. According to the brand’s announcement in January 2022, 600,000 cases were expected to be sold in 2022. If that’s the case, Teremana could be worth a few billion dollars or more. Comparatively, Casamigos tequila was selling 170,000 cases per year when George Clooney and his partners sold it to Diageo in 2017. Casamigos was sold to Diageo for $1 billion by Clooney and his partners. Teremana may be worth somewhere between $3 and $3.5 billion today, using that as a comparison.
Teremana’s ownership status remains a mystery as of the time of this writing. According to reports, The Rock founded the company with three partners, one of whom is his estranged wife Dany Garcia. Four co-founders then joined forces with the López family, who have been growing agave and making tequila for generations in Jalisco, Mexico. Mast-Jägermeister provided distribution and premium shelf space in exchange for an equity stake, which is probably safe to assume.
At a $3.5 billion valuation, if The Rock still owns 30 percent of his brand, his stake would be worth around $1 billion pre-tax.
Philanthropy
2006 marked the year that he established the Dwayne Johnson Foundation. Terminally ill children are the focus of the charity. He gave $1 million to the University of Miami in 2007 to help with the renovation of the football facility. A former student’s gift to the University of Miami is the largest ever received by the school. To honor him, the team has dedicated a locker room to his memory. The Make-A-Wish Foundation has enlisted his help on numerous occasions.
Real Estate
Dwayne paid a 46-acre equestrian estate in Powder Springs, Georgia, for $9.5 million in cash in November 2019. A 15,000-square-foot mansion with eight bedrooms and six bathrooms is on the property’s horizon for future development. Even though he bought the property 14 months prior, Dwayne listed it for sale for $7.5 million, resulting in a loss of $2 million.
He used to have a house in the Fort Lauderdale area before. He sold it for $4.5 million in 2019.
The Rock paid $28.7 million for Paul Reiser’s Beverly Park mansion in April of 2021, according to public records.
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