How much money did Sylvester Stallone make from all the Rocky movies?

How much money did Sylvester Stallone make from all the Rocky movies?

Stallone wrote something so good that it couldn't be ignored. The studio eventually came back to him and said that they would give him a budget of $1 million to film Rocky and he could star in it. He only earned $23,000 for the role but he made a great backend deal that ended up making him $2.5 million.

How much money did Sylvester Stallone make from Rocky 5?

Sly Stallone's salary for the Rocky movies The movie was such a huge hit though as was the second one so by the time he did Rocky III in 1982, his salary ballooned to $3.5 million. Three years later when Rocky IV was released he had banked $12 million for the film and for Rocky V in 1990, he earned a cool $15 million.

How many Rocky's did Sylvester Stallone make?

Stallone portrays Rocky in all eight films, wrote six, co-wrote two, and directed four of the six titular installments.

How much did Sylvester Stallone make for Rambo?

He earned another $12 million for "Over the Top". For Rambo III he earned $16 million. Sylvester earned $15 or $16 million for each of the following films: Lock Up.

How much did Sylvester Stallone make in the first Rocky movie?

• But Stallone stood his ground, and Winkler and Chartoff finally gave in and offered Stallone a million dollars to produce the movie with him as the lead. To his surprise and fortune, the first Rocky film racked in $117 million at the box office and earned 10 Academy Award nominations in 1977, including Best Screenplay and Best Actor.

How much money did Sylvester Stallone make for Creed?

• Anonymous sources told Variety that Stallone earned $10 million for Creed, the seventh film in the franchise, and somewhere "in the mid-teens" for Creed II. Despite the fortune he obviously earned, the Rocky star seems to feel like he was Hollywood's punching bag.

How much money has the Rocky movie made?

• The Rocky movie franchise has earned over $1.4 billion at the box office, making it one of the most successful franchises of all time. While most people have heard the story of Rocky Balboa (the washed up fighter who ends up fighting for the title) few know how it was made.

Why did Sylvester Stallone refuse to do Rocky Balboa?

• Despite struggling finances ( $106 in the bank) and a baby on the way, Stallone refused to sell the rights to Rocky unless he starred in it as the lead, Rocky Balboa. While he was looking for producers to fund his movie, Stallone auditioned for another role for film producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff.