What is Bruce Willis' net worth and salary?

Bruce Willis is an American retired actor, producer and "musician" who has a net worth of $250 million. During his career, bruce willis net worth was consistently one of the highest-paid leading men in Hollywood. Between the late 1980s and his retirement, he earned hundreds of millions of dollars in film salaries alone.

His earnings from 1999's The Sixth Sense totaled $114 million thanks to a generous cut of the film's gross. His upfront salary was $14 million. As of this writing, that's the second-most money ever earned by one actor from a movie. Although technically the #1 record, $156 million, was earned by TWO Matrix movies. So one could say that Bruce Willis' net worth Sixth Sense payday is the largest in Hollywood history.

Bruce willis net worth has defined cool for a couple of decades. After becoming a household name in the 80s appearing on the popular television series, "Moonlighting", he made a very successful transition to the big screen. He went on to star in the "Die Hard" franchise, as well as blockbuster films such as, "Pulp Fiction", "12 Monkeys", "Armageddon", "The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable", "Sin City", and the cult favorite, "The Fifth Element". Most recently, he has become part of three other successful film franchises, playing co-starring or supporting roles in "RED", "G.I. Joe: Retaliation", and "The Expendables". While there were some lean years in the early to mid-90s where he made some terribly dubious projects, including "Hudson Hawk", "Striking Distance", "North", and the seriously unfortunate, "Color of Night", he managed to bounce back quite nicely, and has remained a fan favorite to this day.

Early Life

Bruce Willis was born in the town of Idar-Oberstein which at the time was part of West Germany, on March 19, 1955. His mother was a bank teller, his father was an American serviceman. Willis moved to Penns Grove, New Jersey as a child. After graduating from high school, Bruce worked as a security guard at a nuclear power plant. He then worked as a driver transporting workers at a DuPont factory. He briefly worked as a private investigator before deciding to devote himself to acting.
Bruce studied drama at Montclair State University but left in his junior year to pursue acting full-time in New York City. In NY he mainly tended bar while going on auditions unsuccessfully, though he did work as an extra in the 1982 movie The Verdict.

In 1984 he made the move from New York to Los Angeles. Once in California he began winning bit parts on TV shows like Miami Vice and The Twilight Zone.

Success

In 1985, Bruce auditioned and won the role of David Addison Jr. on what would become Moonlighting. Starring Opposite Bruce tapped his previous experience as a private detective over 5 seasons between 1985 and 1989. The show turned Willis into an international star and earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Lead in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe. He was so popular that Seagram hired Willis to promote their Golden Wine Cooler in a series of advertisements. Willis was paid $7 million over two years for the campaign. That's the same as around $17 million today after adjusting for inflation. bruce willis movies ended his contract with Seagrams after he gave up alcohol in 1988.

Die Hard

After being propelled to the A-List, Willis began landing film roles. In 1988 he starred for the first time as John McClane in Die Hard. The role further cemented his status as a star, now of both Bruce willis movies. He earned $5 million for the first Die Hard, $7.5 million for the second, $15 million for the third and $25 million for the fourth. In total, before even adjusting for inflation, Bruce has earned at least $52 million from the Die Hard franchise. After taking into account inflation, it's more like $70-80 million.

Other Notable Films

In 1989, Bruce provided his voice acting skills for Look Who's Talking. He took home $10 million for his work. He earned another $10 million from the sequel.
In 1994, Bruce took a huge pay cut, accepting just $800,000 star in Pulp Fiction. The role breathed new life into Bruce's career and set him back on track as a dependable A-list movie star.
He earned critical praise for his work in 1995's 12 Monkeys and audience praise for The Fifth Element in the same year. Other films include Sin City, Red, Moonrise Kingdom, The Expendables 2, Looper, Unbreakable, Split, Glass.

Bruce willis net worth critical reception has been inconsistent, but he has also delivered a number of box-office mega hits. The four Die Hard movies grossed more than $1.1 billion worldwide. Armageddon was the highest-grossing film of 1998, at $553 million. He also received critical and commercial acclaim in The Sixth Sense which earned $673 million and stands as his highest-grossing movie to date.

He has won two Emmys (one for his role on Moonlighting and another for a guest-starring role on Friends), a Golden Globe (for Moonlighting), and two People's Choice Awards (Moonlighting and The Sixth Sense).

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