Sylvester Stallone’s illustrious career spanning decades, Stallone holds the record of starring in the number one-grossing films for six consecutive decades. The Samaritan actor is known for his 70s and 80s film franchises Rocky and Rambo.However, one of his most financially lucrative franchises is not Rocky or Rambo. The Backtrace actor wrote, directed and starred in the 2010 film The Expendables, which also spawned two sequels in 2012 and 2014. Stallone also produced all the films in the franchise.
Sylvester Stallone Earned More Than 10% Of His Net Worth From The Expendables
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sylvester Stallone’s net worth is over a whopping $400 million. The Escape Plan actor, who initially earned a modest salary of $35,000 for his role in the first Rocky film, now earns between $10 million and $20 million per film. The Demolition Man actor received a hefty salary of .$16 million for each installment in the Expendables franchise The Creed actor earned nearly $48 million from The Expendables franchise alone in salary. This amounts to almost 10% of his net worth.RELATED:
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The Cobra actor also received a share of the profits from these films as a producer. It’s interesting to note that while The Expendables may be his highest-grossing franchise, Stallone’s most profitable films were Traffic and See You, which each earned him $20 million per role. Despite the large number of successful films with his name, the highest-grossing film of the Get Carter actor was his cameo role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Stallone reportedly returned his salary for the film.
According to various sources, Sylvester Stallone’s first appearance as John Rambo in the film First Blood earned him somewhere between $3.5 million and $7 million. The lower range of $3.5 million was reported by the New York Times, while The Richest reported his salary at $7 million. The actor himself has not publicly revealed the truth about his salary from First Blood.
By the time Rambo III was released in 1988, Stallone was at the According to various sources,
height of his fame and had quadrupled (or doubled) his salary to a staggering $16 million, the same as his salary in The Expendables. The “Assassins” actor received the same $16 million for several of his other films, including “Rocky V.”Celebrity Net Worth estimates the Judge Dredd actor’s worldwide grosses at more than $4.5 billion. The Tango and Cash actor says goodbye to the Expendables franchise after the fourth installment.