The Rock Net Worth and Salary Including Hollywood And WWE ∼ The Rock is a part-time wrestler in the WWE starting from the year 2004. Yet, Vince McMahon values him as the biggest superstar of this generation. No one can pull up the TV ratings like he can with one single appearance. Give him a mic in hand, he will bring the house down with his millions of fans all around the world. This makes the ‘Team Bring It’ gimmick worth for the People’s Champion.
He represents an entire generation of wrestling i.e. the Attitude Era. Following that, The Rock started making sporadic appearances in the WWE. In fact, he was in a hiatus from pro-wrestling industry for several years before coming back in 2011. In between these years, he has taken over the Hollywood industry. The Rock net worth reached to an extent where only billionaire barons come in comparisons with him.
Forbes gave an update that only 21 other superstars are ahead of The Rock net worth in the last couple of years. This includes names from all of the industries. From Hollywood, he stands the second highest earner at this time. Mark Wahlberg was the only name who earned more than him during the financial year of 2016-17. He toppled none other than The Rock himself who stood first in this list in the year 2015.
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The Rock salary was $65 million in the year 2016-17. A year before, $64.5 million earning kept him ahead in the money race from everyone. This is only the amount that he received from the Hollywood industry. We did not count paychecks and royalty additions from the WWE, here. The biggest pro-wrestling promotion in the world does not allow much for The Rock net salary since he is a part-timer. Furthermore, unlike other similar superstars, there is no surety of his show-ups even when Wrestlemania is around the corner.
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So, he does not receive a heavy paycheck in terms of a yearly earning. However, the company does pay him a huge amount whenever he makes a sudden appearance. Merchandise selling remains quite high around The Rock which is why royalty revenues continue to go into his pocket. Also, WWE keeps themselves associated with the biggest Hollywood star in a few movie or similar projects. A movie based on Paige is in the pipeline which might get a release in early 2019.
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So most of The Rock salary comes from movies, TV, and endorsements. Some of the biggest brands like Apple, Droga5, Ford, Got Milk, Under Armour got him as the brand ambassador. Plus, he himself is a full-time actor and a recently turned producer. His production house named Seven Bucks Production who work with latest technologies to come up with new feature films.
The Rock net worth goes up to $220 million according to multiple sources like The Richest. Forbes, however, shortened it down to $165 million. Whatever the exact amount is, he has the biggest property amongst all the current WWE superstars under contract. Only billionaire McMahon family comes close when it comes to The Rock net worth. WWE often uses his name on the programming which is why McMahon gives him a handsome paycheck whether he makes an appearance or not.
The Rock salary and net worth were up by almost $125 million from 2016 as per suggestions from SportsKeeda.com. This indicates how much his brand value has incremented to date. He is also associated with a number of charitable organizations to help those who are in poverty. Some of those are American Red Cross, Beacon Experience, Boot Campaign, Dwayne Johnson ROCK Foundation, I Have A Dream Foundation.
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But as stated earlier, The Rock net worth improved mostly by virtue of his Hollywood career. He could urge a salary that goes up to eight figures from each of the movie. A report from Aol.com revealed that Dwayne Johnson earned $5.5 million for 2002’s “Scorpion King” and $9 million each for “The Other Guys” in 2010 and “Baywatch” in 2017. These are exceptional films from his normal salary checks. Here are breakdowns of earnings from movies courtesy of the same source,
“Fast Five” (2011): $10 million
“Fast & Furious 6” (2013): $10 million
“The Fate of the Furious” (2017): $10 million plus back-end payments
“The Rundown” (2003): $12.5 million
“The Rundown: Rumble in the Jungle” (2004): $12.5 million
“Central Intelligence” (2016): $14 million
“Furious 7” (2015): $15 million
“G.I. Joe Retaliation” (2013): $15 million
“Walking Tall” (2004): $15 million
“Hercules” (2014): $20 million
“San Andreas” (2015): $25 million
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The fact that made The Rock salary goes to a huge amount is because his movies return the very best in terms of collections. Seventeen out of his 26 movies made nine-figure collections which is an amazing record. Three of those managed to make $600 million whereas the Fast and Furious franchises made more than $1 billion. Overall, his movies made a whopping amount $8.1 million throughout his Hollywood career.
Dwayne Johnson also left his mark on the TV too. He appeared role in the Emmy-nominated HBO series “Ballers.” Variety revealed that he is only among the five other actors to appear in a comedy TV series to get a huge amount of paycheck. Apparently, HBO paid him $650,000 per episode for “Ballers.”
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In fact, The Rock mastered TV skills from the beginning of his wrestling career. The debut in WWF happened in the 90s under the name of Rocky Maivia. The colorful but boring gimmick became extinct quickly as the creative team repackaged him as a loud-mouth persona. This made him the most electrifying man in all of the entertainment and took The Rock net worth as high as possible.
The Rock is undoubtedly a WWE Hall of Famer in future. Seventeen championship reigns belonged to him during his career. He is an eight-time WWF/WWE Champion, two-time WCW/World Champion, two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, and a five-time WWF Tag Team Champion. Overall, he is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in the company which is capturing all the then relevant titles.
The Rock has also won the Royal Rumble match to headline Wrestlemania in 2000. He featured in such main event matches on several times during his career. In fact, he used to be the franchise player of the company until leaving the brand in 2004. His book The Rock Says… debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2000 which gave a huge boost in The Rock salary.
He is not showing any sign of slowing down anytime soon when it comes to movie appearances. Some of his last movie releases did extremely well around theatres. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Rampage and Skyscraper are amongst them. Upcoming projects are as follows,
“The Janson Directive”
“San Andreas 2”
“Jungle Cruise”
“Journey 3: From the Earth to the Moon”
“Doc Savage”
“Black Adam”
“Big Trouble in Little China”
“Fighting With My Family”
“Suicide Squad 2”
The Fighting With My Family movie will probably be his next film release around March 2019. This is one of those rare appearances where he is playing his real-life role who inspired WWE Superstar Paige. WWE Studios are in co-producing this film that might receive a heavy promotion during the upcoming Wrestlemania season. These projects will keep him busy in the future increasing The Rock net worth, constantly. It might also prevent him from making appearances in the WWE.
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The Rock initially used to be a football player in his college day. He earned a full-time scholarship too. But Wrestling was in his blood as his father and grandfather were in this business. So he could not think of a better option than to join Mr. McMahon’s company as an entertainer. Well, the rest is history as we received The Great One in the process.
Dwayne Johnson maintains secrecy when it comes to his personal life. He is in a relationship with Lauren Hashian for over a decade. But she does not make much of public appearances. The couple announced a baby girl named Jasmine in the year 2015. Two years later, The Rock announced another baby girl from this relation. He has another 16-year old girl, Simone Alexandra from the earlier marriage with ex-wife Dany Garcia.
She made a few appearances with her father in public. But those are rare show-ups. The Rock always protected her family from the spotlight whoever the member is. People magazine reported that this is why family members of The Rock maintain a low profile life. Current reports also suggest that Simone has joined the developmental territory on the WWE, recently. So that day might not be far away when she starts performing on NXT.
Several superstars from The Rock family already performs in the main roster of the WWE. Roman Reigns, The Usos, Tamina and Nia Jax are those names. With a family belonging from wrestling, we might get more names into the WWE from this Samoan dynasty. This would be a great way to keep him associated with the brand which will reflect increments in The Rock salary and net worth.
