Macaulay Culkin started acting when he was barely 4 years old and played roles in a handful of stage productions and television shows. But his big break came when he played Kevin McCallister in the Christmas movie Home Alone.
For years, Culkin tried to distance himself as much as possible from the iconic film character. In 2018 he told talk show presenter Ellen DeGeneres that he really does not like the films of Home Alone, refuses to make his signature and tries not to go out in public during the holiday season.
However, he is grateful for his success as a child actor and knows that it was worth admitting: “I felt like a child really worked very hard and inherited all its money. This allows me to treat everything as a hobby. “
So how much did Culkin make from the Home Alone franchise and his other blockbusters from the 90s? Here’s more about how much he was paid for his famous movies and what his net worth is.
Salary per movie
A year before his role in Home Alone made him a household name, the actor Miles Russell starred in the movie Uncle Buck. Culkin received $ 40,000 for that role. He then earned $ 100,000 for Home Alone in 1990 and the film became the best-scoring film that year.
He then played in the 1991 My Girl comedy drama and performed a higher salary, with which he banked $ 1 million. To play his role again in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, he earned $ 4.5 million. His salary for The Good Son in 1993 was less for $ 1.5 million, but he earned a cool $ 8 million for the movie Getting Even with Dad. He then added another $ 8 million to his bank account for playing the title character in Ri ¢ hie Ri ¢ h.
His net worth
Culkin’s parents divorced in the 90s and he took a break in the spotlight. In 2003, he returned to the company starring Party Monster and later made a guest appearance on Will and Grace.
In the years since he was involved in various other TV projects, he founded the band The Pizza Underground. The group released their latest album in 2016. After the band split, Culkin launched the website BunnyEars.com and hosted a podcast.
It is estimated to be worth $ 15 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
The TV gig he turned down
Culkin rejected the role of a character on the CBS hit The Big Bang Theory.
“They chased me for The Big Bang Theory,” he revealed on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “And I said no. It was kind of like the pitch of the field:” Okay, these two astrophysicist nerds and a pretty girl live with them. Yoinks! “That was the field. And I thought,” Yes, I’m cool, thanks. “And then they came back to me and I said,” No, no, no. Again, flattered, but no. “Then they came back to me again, and even my manager turned, like, my arm . “
Culkin realizes what an opportunity it was because the stars of the show now earn $ 1 million per episode, but he doesn’t regret the fact that he didn’t take the role. “I would have hundreds of millions of dollars right now if I did that performance,” he said before adding, “At the same time, I would hit my head against the wall.”
