Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth

Leonardo DiCaprio’s net worth is $217 million. The Leonardo DiCaprio net worth total includes $325 million in earnings. The actor earned $20 million for The Revenant and $55 million for Titanic.

DiCaprio’s net worth is cut back by $33 million in expenses like cost of living, agent fees, staff and other payouts. The star’s extremely hard work ethic, refined talent and long experience have netted him a net worth higher than most.

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth Facts

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth Facts
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth$216,812,683
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Harrison Ford net worthAbout the same
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Robert Downey Jr. Net Worth10% bigger
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Amy Schumer Net Worth21 times bigger
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Samuel Jackson Net WorthTwice as big
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Johnny Depp net worth1.5 times smaller
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Bernie Sanders net worth410 times bigger
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs George Lucas net worth23 times smaller
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Bill Gates net worth368 times smaller
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs Mark Zuckerberg net worth166 times smaller
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth vs typical American household net worth3,188 times bigger

The Leonardo DiCaprio net worth total of $217 million is about the same as Harrison Ford’s net worth of $230 million. DiCaprio’s net worth is also about the same as Robert Downey Jr’s net worth of $200 million. The Leonardo DiCaprio net worth sum is 21 times bigger than Amy Schumer’s net worth of $10 million. It’s twice as big as Samuel Jackson’ net worth and 1.5 times smaller than Johnny Depp’s.

Bernie Sanders’ net worth of $528,000 is 410 times smaller than DiCaprio’s net worth. Finally, the typical American family has just 1/3,188th as much net worth as Leonardo DiCaprio.

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth Through Time

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth Through Time

Time and Leonardo DiCaprio Net WorthThe table below shows how the Leonardo DiCaprio net worth story unfolds over time. It may come as a surprise to some that DiCaprio was not an overnight financial success. The actor worked for six years straight for relatively little money before landing his first high dollar role. The chart below shows how DiCaprio’s net worth journey plays out visually. It’s pretty clear the star has been on a meteoric but steady rise for most of his career.

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth Timeline
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 1995$41,300
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 1996$225,526
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 1997$20,521,999
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 1998$22,873,739
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 1999$24,617,163
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2000$28,320,193
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2001$30,427,504
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2002$40,044,155
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2003$42,817,804
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2004$49,668,831
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2005$53,220,919
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2006$70,342,132
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2007$77,159,660
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2008$89,580,240
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2009$108,719,154
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2010$118,040,262
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2011$130,687,677
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2012$142,285,313
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2013$170,485,432
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2014$183,512,516
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2015$204,540,267
Leonardo DiCaprio net worth 2016$216,812,683

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Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth Sources: Acting, Producing, Endorsements, Investing

It should come as no surprise that the bulk of Leonardo DiCaprio’s net worth comes from acting. The star has earned $244 million from acting since 1995. DiCaprio has also earned an estimated $77 million from product endorsements and $6.5 million from producing movies.

The star has been in the game so long with such a high net worth that he has likely earned over $96 million from investments through the years. We break out the details for each of DiCaprio’s earnings sources below.

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth Sources
Total Leonardo DiCaprio Acting Earnings Since 1995$243,904,287
Leonardo DiCaprio Endorsement Earnings$77,000,000
Leonardo DiCaprio Producer Earnings$6,500,000
Probable Investment Income$96,487,907
Total Leonardo DiCaprio Earnings (1995-2016)$423,892,195
Estimated Leonardo DiCaprio Lifetime Taxes$171,668,023
Estimated Total Expenses$32,521,422
Total Leonardo DiCaprio Payouts (1995-2016)$204,189,445
Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth$216,812,683
Leonardo DiCaprio Annual Salary$20,185,343

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Acting and Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth

Acting and Leonardo DiCaprio Net WorthDiCaprio’s first role was a small part in the 1989 TV show The New Lassie. He also landed 12 episodes in the show Parenthood in 1990 and a 23 episode stint on the show Growing Pains in 1991.

Despite all the early success, it wasn’t until 1995 when the Leonardo DiCaprio net worth train really left the station. Up until that point, the star had been earning roughly $600 a day. Even his movie roles didn’t give huge payouts, since the movies were mostly small films that didn’t earn back their budgets.

Acting and Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth (for full list see bottom of article)
Sampling of Leonardo DiCaprio Roles and Payouts:YearRole TypeLeonardo DiCaprio Earnings
Critters 31991Small Movie$9,000
Growing Pains (Leonardo DiCaprio in 23 episodes)1991TV$41,400
The Quick and the Dead1995Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio net worth starts building here)$100,000
Titanic (Huge Leonardo DiCaprio net worth builder)1997Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio Lead role)$54,671,000
The Departed2006Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$15,000,000
The Revenant (Leonardo DiCaprio Golden Globe winner)2015Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$20,000,000
Other Leonardo DiCaprio RolesVariousVarious$154,082,887
Total Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth from Acting(For full list see bottom of article)$243,904,287

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Movie Producing and Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth

Producing and Leonardo DiCaprio Net WorthDiCaprio isn’t just an actor. He’s a producer as well. However, the star doesn’t traditionally produce big budget movies. The Leonardo DiCaprio net worth juggernaut doesn’t benefit much from movie production. That’s because the pictures he produces seem geared more toward love of film than toward big earnings.

According to industry sources, movie producers can earn anywhere from $250,000 to $1 million for a movie. Based on that information, we’ve created the table below.

Producing and Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth
Leonardo DiCaprio Producer Credits Since 2004Number of Producer CreditsLeonardo DiCaprio PayTotal Pay
Major Movies3$1,000,000$3,000,000
Minor Movies14$250,000$3,500,000
Total Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth from Producing$6,500,000

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DiCaprio’s acceptance speech for his Golden Globes win for The Revenant is in the tweet below:

Product Endorsements and Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth

Acting and Leonardo DiCaprio Net WorthDiCaprio has earned an estimated $77 million from product endorsements throughout his career. The reportedly earned $5 million for a single cell phone ad in China in 2011. He has also added to his net worth from endorsement deals with Tag Heuer, Jim Beam and many, many more.

We conservatively estimate that between foreign and domestic endorsement deals, DiCaprio currently earns $7 million a year for endorsement work. Check him out in the Japanese commercial below.

How Much Did Leonardo DiCaprio Earn for The Revenant?

DiCaprio Money The RevenantIndustry estimates place DiCaprio’s earnings for 2015’s The Revenant at $20 million. The film’s budget is $135 million. Part of DiCaprio’s earnings from the film most likely come from a percentage of box office gross. The movie originally had a budget of $60 million, but cost overruns ballooned the figure to over twice its former size.

DiCaprio, who is a vegetarian, actually had to eat a raw bison liver for the role. He also had to learn to build a fire, shoot a musket, study ancient healing practices and learn to speak two different Native American languages. He has called the role the hardest of his entire career. DiCaprio bowed out of the Steve Jobs biopic in 2015 to star in this movie.

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DiCaprio is heavily concerned with the environment. Almost all the tweets on his Twitter account are about climate change and other environmental concerns. This tweet from 2/25/16 is no different:

In fact, only one tweet from the past two months is about any of DiCaprio’s movies:

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth in the Future

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth FutureRegardless of whether he wins the Oscar on 2/28/16 as predicted, the Leonardo DiCaprio net worth total will likely not be affected much. It’s true most stars do get an earnings boost post Oscar win. That boost can be as much as 60%. But with stars that win an Oscar late in their careers, that pay increase is generally a lot less.

DiCaprio will continue to bring in big bucks per role for the foreseeable future however. We can expect his net worth to keep growing also. If the actor’s wealth continues to grow at the $20 million per year pace it has set in the past several years, he can expect a net worth of $300 million by 2020.

Leonardo DiCaprio is Worth…

Based on salary and net worth data, it would take 1,009 fry cooks to make as much money as Leonardo DiCaprio. The chart below shows the star’s earning power vs other popular professions.

Leonardo DiCaprio Net worth compare

Net Worth Has Its Privileges

Island and Leonardo DiCaprio Net WorthIn 2005, DiCaprio bought a private island off the coast of Belize called Blackadore Caye. The island is 104 acres in size. DiCaprio has announced he’ll build an eco-friendly luxury resort there in the near future. The star is said to have paid nearly $2 million for the island.

DiCaprio owns multimillion dollar homes in the Hollywood Hills, in Malibu Beach and in New York City. All over America, DiCaprio owns roughly $27 million worth of luxury homes and other properties.

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Looks like DiCaprio is excited about the Formula E races in Paris. Here’s his tweet about them from 1/13/16:

All Acting Credits and Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth
Leonardo DiCaprio Acting CreditsYearRole TypeLeonardo DiCaprio Earnings (Estimated)
The New Lassie (Leonardo DiCaprio in 2 episodes)1989TV$600
The Outsiders (Leonardo DiCaprio in 1 episode)1990TV (Leonardo DiCaprio bit part)$600
Santa Barbara (Leonardo DiCaprio in 1 episode)1990TV (Leonardo DiCaprio bit part)$600
Parenthood (Leonardo DiCaprio in 12 episodes)1990TV$14,400
Roseanne (Leonardo DiCaprio in 1 episode)1991TV$600
Critters 31991Small Movie$9,000
Growing Pains (Leonardo DiCaprio in 23 episodes)1991TV$41,400
Poison Ivy1992Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio top billed)$12,000
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Leonardo DiCaprio breakout role)1993Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio breakout role, oscar nomination)$18,000
The Foot Shooting Party1993Short$1,200
The Quick and the Dead1995Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio net worth starts building here)$100,000
The Basketball Diaries1995Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role, film didn't earn back its budget)$100,000
Total Eclipse1995Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role, film didn't earn back its budget)$100,000
Romeo + Juliet (First Leonardo DiCaprio blockbuster)1996Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$389,887
Marvin's Room1996Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio starring role)$100,000
Titanic (Huge Leonardo DiCaprio net worth builder)1997Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio Lead role)$54,671,000
The Man in the Iron Mask1998Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$2,000,000
Celebrity1998Movie (Small Leonardo DiCaprio role in Woody Allen movie)$20,000
The Beach2000Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$5,000,000
Don's Plum2001Indie movie$100,000
Gangs of New York2002Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio adding steadily to net worth by here)$10,000,000
Catch Me if You Can2002Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$10,000,000
The Aviator (Leonardo DiCaprio's Howard Hughes biopic)2004Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$10,000,000
The Departed2006Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$15,000,000
Blood Diamond2006Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$15,000,000
Body of Lies2008Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$7,000,000
Revolutionary Road2008Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$7,000,000
Shutter Island (Leonardo DiCaprio's psychological thriller)2010Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$15,000,000
Inception2010Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$15,000,000
Inception: The Cobol Job2010Video Short$100,000
J. Edgar2011Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$8,000,000
Django Unchained (Leonardo DiCaprio Tarantino film)2012Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio starring role)$3,125,000
The Great Gatsby2013Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$20,000,000
The Wolf of Wall Street2013Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$26,000,000
The Revenant (Leonardo DiCaprio Golden Globe winner)2015Movie (Leonardo DiCaprio lead role)$20,000,000
Total Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth from Acting$243,904,287

Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth in the News

On 3/16/16, 32 year old Olivia Wilde announced that she was deemed too old to play opposite DiCaprio as his wife in Wolf of Wall Street. She says the actual words used to turn her down were that she was too “sophisticated.” She later learned that sophisticated means “old” in Hollywood.

In DiCaprio’s defense, his role in the movie was as a debased and debasing rich man with no morals overcome by greed and lust. The role of his leading lady was spun as a trophy wife, all sex and very little else. The truth may in fact be that the word “sophisticated” was used in its true sense by the film’s casting department.