Rank #2191
Peter Jackson
Net worth $1.9B
Movies, digital effects · New Zealand
- Born
- Oct 31, 1961
- Age
- 64
- Source
- Movies, digital effects
- Residence
- Wellington
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Peter Jackson is best known for his "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies, which have grossed $6 billion worldwide.
- The film director became a billionaire in 2021, after selling a chunk of his Weta digital film effects shop to Unity Software for $1.6 billion in cash and stock.
- He made $10 million up front for each of the three "Lord of the Rings" films (2001-2003), with at least another 10% of profits earned from each film's box office receipts.
- For the "Hobbit" movies, he likely made $20 million per film with 20% backend.
- Jackson's Weta Digital used motion capture of the actor Andy Serkis to create the now-iconic on-screen visualization of the character Gollum.
- Sean Parker, the tech investor known for founding Napster and serving as Facebook's first president, had a 25% stake in Jackson's Weta Digital at the time of sale.
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