Charles Roven Net Worth

What Is Charles Roven's Net Worth?

Charles Roven is an American film producer who has a net worth of $300 million. As of this writing, Charles Roven is the 7th highest-grossing producer in film history. To date, his films have grossed more than $8 billion worldwide. That does not include DVD or home video sales. His highest-grossing film, 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises," grossed $1.084 billion. Roven is the president and co-founder of Atlas Entertainment. He has produced films such as "12 Monkeys" (1995), "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), "Man of Steel" (2013), "American Hustle" (2013), "Suicide Squad" (2016), "Wonder Woman" (2017), "Justice League" (2017), "Oppenheimer" (2023), and "The Killer" (2024), and he has executive produced the television series "12 Monkeys" (2015−2017), "Dirty John" (2018−2020), and "What/If" (2019). Charles has earned Academy Award nominations for Best Motion Picture of the Year for "American Hustle" and "Oppenheimer," winning for "Oppenheimer."

Early Life

Charles Roven was born on August 2, 1949. In a 2016 interview with "The Hollywood Reporter," he spoke about his teenage years, stating, "I was a surfer and rode horses, and I really didn't like school. In between high school and college, I took a year off and went to Hawaii and surfed. And I ended up getting a job as a stunt surf extra on 'Hawaii Five-0,' and that's where I got the bug. Then I went to UCLA and didn't do very well, but I had a cousin who taught this course at USC called A Director Acts. I said, 'Can I audit your course?' He said, 'Sure.' And one of the guys who was doing his master's degree said, 'Hey, I'm going to be shooting a 30-minute movie. You want to be in it?' And I got the role."

Career

In 1973, Roven served as an assistant producer on the film "Some Call It Loving." A decade later, he produced the biographical sports drama "Heart Like a Wheel," followed by 1987's "Made in U.S.A." and 1989's "Johnny Handsome" and "The Blood of Heroes." In the 1990s, Charles produced "Cadillac Man" (1990), "Final Analysis" (1992), "Angus" (1995), "12 Monkeys" (1995), "Fallen" (1998), "City of Angels" (1998), and "Three Kings" (1999). He produced 2000's "Scooby-Doo" and 2004's "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," which grossed $275.7 million and $181.2 million, respectively, at the box office, and he returned to the world of Scooby-Doo as the executive producer of 2020's "Scoob!," an animated film featuring the voices of Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, and Amanda Seyfried. Roven produced 2002's "Rollerball" and 2003's "Bulletproof Monk" before executive producing the 2005 Will Ferrell sports comedy "Kicking & Screaming." That year, he also produced "Batman Begins" (the first film of "The Dark Knight Trilogy") and "The Brothers Grimm," and "Batman Begins" brought in $373.7 million at the box office and won a Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film. Next, Charles produced "Idlewild" (2006), "Live!" (2007), "The Bank Job" (2008), "Get Smart" (2008), and "The International" (2009).

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In 2008, Roven produced "The Dark Knight," which grossed $1.006 billion at the box office and won more than 100 awards. In 2020, "The Dark Knight" was preserved in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The third film in "The Dark Knight Trilogy," 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises," earned $1.085 billion and won IGN People's Choice Awards for Best Movie and Best Comic Book Adaptation Movie. Charles produced the 2011 Nicolas Cage film "Season of the Witch," and in 2013, he produced two hits: "Man of Steel" and "American Hustle." "Man of Steel" grossed $670.1 million at the box office, and "American Hustle" earned $251.2 million and 10 Academy Award nominations. The 2016 "Man of Steel" sequel, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," brought in $874.4 million at the box office. Also in 2016, Roven executive produced "The Whole Truth" and produced "Warcraft," "Suicide Squad," and "The Great Wall." From 2015 to 2017, he executive-produced the "12 Monkeys" TV series, which aired on Syfy. In 2017, Charles produced two DC Comics superhero films, "Wonder Woman" and "Justice League," which each grossed more than $600 million at the box office. The 2020 sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" and 2021's "The Suicide Squad" were released during the COVID-19 pandemic and ended up losing money. Next, Roven produced 2022's "Uncharted," 2023's "Oppenheimer," and 2024's "The Killer." "Oppenheimer" was a commercial and critical success, earning $975.8 million at the box office and winning seven Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture of the Year. Charles has also executive-produced the 2019 Netflix series "What/If" and the true crime anthology series "Dirty John," which aired on Bravo from 2018 to 2019 and on the USA Network in 2020.

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Personal Life

Charles married producer Dawn Steel on May 30, 1985, and they welcomed a daughter, Rebecca, in March 1987. Roven and Steel remained together until her death from brain cancer in December 1997. Roven later married Stephanie Haymes, a restaurateur who is the daughter of entertainers Fran Jeffries and Dick Haymes.

Awards and Nominations

Roven has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Motion Picture of the Year, winning for "Oppenheimer" in 2024. His other nomination was for "American Hustle" in 2014. "Oppenheimer" also earned Charles a BAFTA Award and an AACTA International Award for Best Film, a Gold Derby Award in the Motion Picture category, a North Dakota Film Society Award for Best Picture, a Chicago Indie Critics Award for Best Studio Film, and a PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures at the 2018 PGA Awards, and he has also been nominated for his work on "The Dark Knight" (2009), "American Hustle" (2014), "Wonder Woman" (2018), and "The Killer" (2025). In 2008, Roven was named Producer of the Year at the ShoWest Convention. "The Dark Knight" won an Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Picture and earned an Online Film & Television Association Award nomination for Best Picture and a Gold Derby Award nomination in the Motion Picture category. In 2013, "The Dark Knight Rises" won a Jury Prize for Commendable Imported Film at the Bandung Film Festival. For "American Hustle," Charles received nominations from the BAFTA Awards, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Online Film & Television Association Awards, Gold Derby Awards, and AACTA International Awards.

Real Estate

In 2015, Roven put his home in Los Olivos, California, on the market for $21.5 million. Known as the Gentleman's Ranch Estate, the home was built in 2004 and sits on 250 acres. The estate includes eight bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a wraparound porch, a billiards room, an eight-stall barn, a swimming pool, and a spa with a gym, massage room, and steam room.

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