Tom Cruise, a name credited with countless action blockbusters, is an American actor and producer who as of 2023, has a net worth of $600 million.

Cruise’s acting career came to be with his 1981 debut film, Endless Love, which helped him land a role that same year in Taps, a movie he earned wide appraisal for.

After his stellar performance in Taps, he was signed by talent agency giant, CAA. A CAA, which was mostly thanks to Paula Wagner, a CAA agent who cruise now owns a production company with called Cruise/Wagner Productions.

His big break came with the success of the 1983 comedy, Risky Business, which grossed $64 million on a budget of $6 million. He landed two additional roles after that on All the Right Moves and Legend, which weren’t all that successful.

Despite garnering decent popularity at the time, it was his appearance in the 1986 career-defining movie, Top Gun, that paved the way for the level of success and fame Cruise has today.

Tom Cruise Net Worth

After his work on Top Gun, Cruise starred in two fairly successful movies before landing his second major role in the 1988 drama blockbuster, Rain Man.

Rain Man was an enormous hit, grossing $412.8 million at the box office internationally, and winning countless awards, including four Academy Awards, and Two Golden Globe Awards.

This further cemented Cruise’s status as an A-list celebrity and with his growing popularity, he became the highest-paid actor for multiple years, breaking countless records in the process.

He currently stands as the actor with the highest movie revenue in history, with his movies grossing $12.7 billion thanks to his acting and production roles.

Cruise has also earned hundreds of millions in endorsements and sponsorships, with brands like Pepsi, Omega, and Tag Heuer all rushing to sign the actor.

Tom Cruise Movie Salaries And Earnings

Thanks to the immense level of fame Cruise has amassed over the years with many of his movies grossing well over $100 million, it’s no surprise he’s had some of the biggest paydays in acting history.

He has regularly received $25 million paychecks for countless movies, including Minority Report and The Last Samurai, which grossed $358.8 million and $456.8 million at the box office respectively.

Some of his other notable salaries include the $20 million he received for his work on Valkyrie, Vanilla Sky, and Eyes Wide Shut to name a few.

All of this pales in comparison however to the record-breaking paydays he’s had thanks to War of the Worlds and Top Gun: Maverick, which takes the throne for Cruise’s highest-grossing movie at $1.4 billion earned at the box office.

With War of the Worlds’ profitable run in cinemas and theatres, grossing $606.8 million, Cruise was paid a mind-boggling $100 million thanks to his salary and 20% gross profit share.

His earnings from Top Gun’s sequel were considerably more, setting it as potentially the largest paycheck for a single movie in Hollywood.

In addition to the $13 million base salary he received upfront, Cruise also owns 10% - 20% of the movie’s gross revenue, which after including the 40% exhibitor fee, totals up to approximately $1 billion.

This puts his backend earnings at anywhere from $90 million to $180 million, with the upper end of this figure breaking Keanu Reeves' record for the biggest movie payday at $155 million for The Matrix.

Top ten Tom Cruise movies based on gross revenue:

Tom Cruise Mission Impossible Salary And Earnings

Cruise’s most successful movie endeavor has been hands down the Mission Impossible franchise he’s notoriously known for.

The film series is considered one of the most iconic and lucrative action franchises to ever exist, grossing more than $4.1 billion throughout 7 movies so far.

With plans for a ninth movie already set in motion even before the eighth sequel’s release, the franchise’s impact on the movie industry has been nothing short of impressive.

With the latest sequel grossing $566.5 million, fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of the most recent instalment, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, which was delayed to the summer of 2025.

Cruise also made a fortune that towers over many of his peers' net worths, earning approximately $250 million from the first three movies alone.

Thanks to his work as a producer on the set of the first and third movies, he earned $70 million and $75 million for each of those respectively.

As for the second sequel, he was paid a colossal $100 million thanks to backend bonuses, which set that paycheck as the third largest in Hollywood for a single movie.

Mission Impossible franchise gross revenue:

Tom Cruise Car Collection

With hundreds of millions to your name, it’s no surprise the 61-year-old actor has spent a considerable amount acquiring an impressive car collection over the years.

Whether it’s timeless oldies or modern-day powerhouses, the actor has a knack for a diverse range of cars.

His most expensive car is the infamous 2005 Bugatti Veyron, which features the iconic W16 engine used by Volkswagen Group in their Veyron and Chiron models. The engine offers an exhilarating 1,000 horsepower, with an equally impressive torque of 921 lb-ft, all for the steep price of $1.9 million.

Tom Cruise Real Estate

Living in style becomes an everyday thing when you have a fortune in disposable income, and that’s no different for Cruise.

He’s owned multiple properties over the years, splurging tens of millions on real estate, and selling countless other homes that made him a nice profit in the process.

In 2013, he sold a condo in New York for $3 million followed by the sale of his Hollywood Hills residence for $11.4 million in 2015.

He sold another home in 2016 which netted him $9.5 million in profit after he purchased the Beverly Hills estate in 2006 for $30.5 million.

His most recent addition to his portfolio is the several condo units he purchased in Clearwater, Florida, for $11.8 million.