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John Hughes was one of the best film screenwriters America will ever see. He was born on February 18, 1950 and died on August 6, 2009. He directed and developed some of the best scripts in the 1980s up to 1990s. Some of his most popular scripts include "Sixteen Candles," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "The Breakfast Club," and "Some Kind of Wonderful".
John Hughes is believed to have left behind a net worth of around $150 million in terms of businesses and other investments. John Hughes had accumulated all these properties, through earnings got from his profession as a producer, director, and screenwriter. Apart from his normal production work, John Hughes also mentored upcoming artists who now star in the film production industry.
His withdrawal from the industry inspired his former students to produce a documentary, “Don’t You Forget About Me”. On 8th August 2009, John Hughes suffered a heart attack during his morning walk in Manhattan which resulted in his death. His works still remain the best in the industry.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2008 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Drillbit Taylor as the film's writer |
$49,690,000 |
|
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Maid in Manhattan as the film's writer |
$163,840,000 |
|
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Just Visiting as the film's writer |
$16,180,000 |
|
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Reach the Rock as the film's producer and writer |
$4,960 |
|
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Flubber and Home Alone 3 as the films' producer and writer |
$257,070,000 |
|
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie 101 Dalmatians as the film's producer and writer |
$320,690,000 |
|
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Miracle on 34th Street as as the film's producer and writer and box office sales of the movie Baby's Day Out as the film's producer and writer |
$63,130,000 |
|
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Dennis the Menace as the film's producer and writer and Beethoven's 2nd as as Edmond Dantès |
$235,510,000 |
|
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Beethoven as the film's writer and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as the film's producer and writer |
$506,200,000 |
|
1991 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Only the Lonely as the film's producer and box office sales of the movies Career Opportunities as the film's producer and writer, Dutch as the film's writer and Curly Sue as the film's director, producer and writer |
$74,720,000 |
|
1990 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Home Alone as the film's producer and writer |
$476,680,000 |
|
1989 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Uncle Buck as the film's director, producer and writer and box office sales of the movie Christmas Vacation as the film's producer and writer |
$150,580,000 |
|
1988 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Great Outdoors as the film's producer and writer and box office sales of the movie She's Having a Baby as the film's director, producer and writer |
$59,490,000 |
|
1987 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles as the film's director, producer, writer and the lyricist for "I Can Take Anything" and box office sales of the movie Some Kind of Wonderful as the film's writer and producer |
$68,300,000 |
|
1986 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Pretty in Pink as the film's producer and writer and Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the film's director, producer, writer and the man running between cabs |
$110,610,000 |
|
1985 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Breakfast Club as Brian's dad and the film's director, producer and writer, Weird Science as the film's director and writer and box office sales of the movie European Vacation as the film's writer |
$139,860,000 |
|
1984 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Sixteen Candles as the film's writer and director |
$23,690,000 |
|
1983 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Mr. Mom as the film's writer, National Lampoon's Vacation as the lyricist for "Walley World National Anthem" and the film's writer and Nate and Hayes as the film's writer |
$127,840,000 |
|
1982 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie National Lampoon's Class Reunion as the 'Girl' with paper bag on head and the film's writer |
$16,550,000 |