Entertainment | Celebrity Net Worth

The richest NFL player in the world isn't Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Patrick Mahomes, or Aaron Rodgers. It's Fran Tarkenton. A guy made just $1.2 million in TOTAL during his career, and somehow became one of Apple's largest individual shareholders.

Back in late 1996, production of "Titanic" was way over budget. As a compromise to Fox, the studio backing the production, director James Cameron gave up his $8 million salary in exchange for a boosted share of backend points. That was a good move.

Three decades after her death, Selena Quintanilla-Perez's estate remains one of the most profitable, complex, and tightly controlled empires in modern music history.

Jim Carrey's $20 million "Grinch" paycheck should have been a dream come true. Instead, the role pushed a former homeless janitor's son to the brink, triggering panic attacks so severe he offered to give every dollar back after just one day of filming.

From the gritty streets of New Orleans to the pinnacle of hip-hop wealth. Put some respect on Birdman's name for parlaying $100k into a billion-dollar Cash Money empire.

In 2005 David Choe was approached by Facebook President Sean Parker with an offer to paint the interior walls of the company's corporate offices. Choe declined the cash and instead requested stock…

Jake Paul is a surprisingly amazing venture capital investor. Several of his early venture bets have already turned into enormous paper wealth that would be more than enough to keep Jake (and his descendants) rich for a very long time.

After appearing in 2001's "The Fast and the Furious," Ja Rule could have signed on to make a fortune from all of the multi-billion dollar sequels. Unfortunately, he blew off a very important meeting…

Out of all the winners and losers in the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war, no one will win more than the Newhouse family. But they are also the biggest losers thanks to a catastrophic decision just four months ago.

After the enormous box office failure of "Megalopolis," Francis Ford Coppola is selling personal items to "keep the ship afloat." First up on the auction block? His watch collection.

Netflix gave Carl Erik Rinsch $61 million to make a sci-fi series — he delivered zero episodes and allegedly spent the money on crypto, luxury cars, and $638,000 worth of mattresses. Now he's being tried in what might be the most outrageous Hollywood hustle of all time.

At his peak, Mike Lindell was easily worth an estimated $100 million. Perhaps $200-300 million. According to Mike, "every dime" is gone.

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How much does Mariah Carey make every year off "All I Want for Christmas"? And how much has the song generated in royalties over the last three decades? A lot. And a whole lot.

What started as a simple simulation project in the 1980s exploded into one of the most lucrative endorsement deals in history, earning John Madden a nine-figure windfall and reshaping the entire gaming industry in the process.