EDDIE MURPHY | $200 MILLION

Eddie Murphy currently has a net worth of $200 million. As one of today’s highest-grossing actors, he boasts a record of starring in movies that have amassed $7 billion at the international box office. In the late ’80s until the 2000s, Murphy routinely earned $20 million in salary per movie. To date, he has totaled over $300 million in backend royalties and wages. Recently, Netflix paid the comedian $70 million to perform a series of comedy specials.

Murphy’s first major paycheck was in 1984 when he received $1 million for the movie Best Defense. Some of his other salary highlights include $14 million for the first film franchise of Beverly Hills Cop, $16 million for The Nutty Professor, and $20 million for Doctor Dolittle 2. He spent some of his earnings making real estate investments worth over a hundred million dollars.