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People collectively refer to Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen as the Coen brothers with a net worth of $120 million. These American filmmakers have films that span many genres and styles that they frequently subvert or parody. Their best-reviewed works are Fargo (1996), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), A Serious Man (2009), The Big Lebowski (1998), and No Country for Old Men (2007).

The brothers jointly produce, direct and write their films. However, in the movie The Ladykillers (2004), Ethan was the producer and Joel got the sole credit for directing. They may alternate the top billing for their screenplays while they share the editing credits with the alias Roderick Jaynes.

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The two were nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together, and individually for one award each. They won the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men and Best Original Screenplay for Fargo. The duo got nominated for Fargo and won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink (1991).

The Coen brothers wrote some of the films they did not direct. Some of them are Gambit (2012), The Naked Man (1998), the historical legal thriller Bridge of Spies (2015), the biographical war drama Unbroken (2014), and the lesser-known but commercially unsuccessful comedies like Crimewave (1985). Ethan also became a writer of poetry, short stories, and theater.

The brothers' movies Inside Llewyn Davis, No Country for Old Men and A Serious Man are considered as some of the greatest motion pictures in the BBC's 2016 poll.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2018

Others

Sales of the video Suburbicon as the film's writers

$802,100

2017

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Suburbicon as the film's writers

$10,240,000

2016

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Hail, Caesar! as the film's writers and directors

$63,650,000

2015

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Bridge of Spies as the film's writers

$165,480,000

2014

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Unbroken as the film's writers

$163,440,000

2013

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Inside Llewyn Davis as the film's writers and directors

$32,940,000

2012

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Gambit as the film's writers

$10,200,000

2010

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie True Grit as the film's writers and directors

$252,280,000

2009

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie A Serious Man as the film's writers and directors

$31,430,000

2008

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Burn After Reading as the film's writers and directors

$60,360,000

2007

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie No Country for Old Men as the film's writers and directors

$74,280,000

2004

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Ladykillers as the film's writers and directors

$76,750,000

2003

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Intolerable Cruelty as the film's writers and director

$35,330,000

2001

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Man Who Wasn't There as the film's writers and director

$18,920,000

2001

Asset

Purchase value of their Tribeca office

$1,500,000

1998

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Big Lebowski as the film's writers and director

$17,450,000

1996

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Fargo as the film's writers and director

$24,610,000

1994

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Hudsucker Proxy as the film's writers and director

$2,820,000

1991

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Barton Fink as the film's writers and director

$6,150,000

1990

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Miller's Crossing as the film's writers and director

$5,000,000

1987

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Raising Arizona as the film's writers and director

$29,180,000

1986

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Crimewave as the film's writers

$5,000

1985

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Blood Simple as the film's writers and director

$3,850,000