That Matrix Money Won't Stop! Keanu Reeves' Net Worth In 2023
His bank account is breathtaking.
Keanu Reeves' net worth was earned becoming one of the most beloved stars in Hollywood.
From screwball comedies to dramas, romcoms, and seriously grisly action fare, Reeves has captivated audiences for more than 30 years—not that you'd be able to tell by looking at him, because the man just does not age—all while remaining incredibly humble and without an ounce of entitlement.
"I'm really happy and glad to be here when I wake up, and I'm really happy and glad that I have the opportunity to go to sleep after a day of living," he told Parade in 2020. That innate sense of joy drives his work, not a paycheck nor a desire to be accepted by the industry.
"I don't have a character from history or literature that I have in my pocket," he explained. "For me, it's just continuing to be able to work with great artists and tell stories that people enjoy... I was always hoping, even when I was young, that I could do different things. I'm really grateful for that. I'm very fortunate. I'm glad to be here."
And we're glad he's here too—and, frankly, his bank account probably is, too. Find out Keanu Reeves' net worth and how the lovable, breathtaking megastar earned it from The Matrix, John Wick and more.
How did Keanu Reeves get famous?
Reeves previously told Parade that his path to fame was a relatively simple one.
"I got into sports, but then also enjoyed the performing arts and, even when I was in grade school, auditioned and did plays. I kind of declared I wanted to be an actor when I was 15," he recalled. "I went to a bunch of different high schools, playing hockey and acting. I remember when I was in 12th grade, being a goaltender on the school hockey team but then doing The Crucible and playing John Proctor, and having the hockey team in the first couple of rows—thanks, fellas, for that! I got an agent through playing Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and I was basically paying for my life by the time I was 18."
When he was 20, Reeves served as a correspondent on a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation show called Going Great while acting in stage and theater productions. Within two years, he starred in several television movies including Babes in Toyland (alongside one Drew Barrymore); by 1988, he was a heartthrob in teen movies. His big break was in 1989's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, his first starring role in a major motion picture, which was a hit with audiences and critics alike.
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What is Keanu Reeves' net worth in 2023?
Reeves has an estimated net worth of $380 million.
How much does Keanu Reeves make per movie?
Reeves' pay per movie ranges widely depending on whether he takes a bigger up-front salary or if he opts for back-end pay and box office gross bonuses. On the high range, he can make up to $15 million per movie upfront, while for other projects, he might make a relatively paltry $1 million upfront.
That said, Reeves doesn't care about his payday as much as a lot of other stars. "Money is the last thing I think about," he told The Chicago Tribune of his approach to his film career. "I could live on what I've already made for the next few centuries."
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Did Keanu Reeves donate his Matrix money?
While Reeves is, by all accounts, a class act and a supremely kind person, the tales of his Matrix donations are a bit misconstrued. Reeves didn't donate $70 million (or $80 million, or $100 million, or any other enormous sum) to the crew of the franchise from his back-end deal. According to the film's costume designer, Reeves actually invested some of his backend in the franchise, ensuring that the crew and everyone else involved would continue working on the rest of the movies in the trilogy.
How much does Keanu Reeves make for John Wick?
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reeves earned somewhere between $1 million and $2 million for the original John Wick in 2014. Reeves previously revealed that John Wick could have gone in a pretty different direction.
"Basil Iwanyk from Thunder Road Pictures sent me a script called John Wick and I read it and really enjoyed it. Originally it was for an older character, so I met with Derek and spoke with Basil and talked to them about, if I wanted the role what we would have to do. And then I thought we got it to a good place and went out to Chad and Dave to direct it," he told IndieWire. "We had been speaking with them and watching them develop. They had been doing second unit stuff and we had spoken about working together and when I saw “John Wick” I originally went to them to do the action but I was hoping that they would like it enough that they would want to direct it."
How much did Keanu Reeves make for John Wick 3?
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Reeves reportedly made between $2 million and $2.5 million for John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, plus some ownership of the film and box office bonuses. His total earnings aren't publicly known. He snuck into a screening of the movie and had the time of his life, telling Esquire, "I didn't know if I was going to get the chance to do another one, and I just wanted to see if people liked it. It was cool when people started laughing during the knife fight in the opening. I went with a friend. I was like, 'Let’s go see John Wick 3 before it goes.' I love John Wick movies! They're fun!" He recalled, "I wanted to be with an audience, because I didn't know if I would get to see it again, or if another one would happen. I wanted to soak it in, to see it on the big screen—these movies are made for the big screen. We got popcorn—you gotta have popcorn. Some Peanut M&M's. Sweet and savory. Coca-Cola."
How much did Keanu Reeves make for Matrix?
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Reeves made $15 million upfront for 1999's The Matrix, which kicked off the franchise, plus a percentage of the box office grosses. The 1999 smash hit was one of the biggest paydays of his career. While Reeves loves training for films now, he admitted in a 1999 interview with Empire that the Wachowskis somewhat had to convince him that his training for The Matrix would be worth it. "The training was one of the things I had to consider," he confessed. "I said, 'I'm tired and I just want to do Chekhov.' And they said, 'You can do Chekhov when you're older.'"
We bet he's glad he waited on Chekov!
How much did Keanu Reeves make from the Matrix movies?
Reeves made a total of about $250 million from the first three Matrix movies, at about $83.3 million each.
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What movie did Keanu Reeves get paid the most?
Reeves made the bulk of his net worth from the Matrix films. In addition to $15 million upfront, he also got a percentage of box office grosses, netting him about $83.3 million for each of the first three films.
How much did Keanu Reeves make from Spongebob?
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Reeves' salary for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run isn't publicly known, but his memorable turn as a wise tumbleweed was a conscious choice by the filmmakers. Writer and director Tim Hill explained to CinemaBlend, "Keanu was on my mind when I wrote the Sage character, and then we started basically storyboarding with a Keanu drawing. We were building a lot of momentum and we were lucky he agreed."
How much did Keanu Reeves make for Replicas?
Reeves' salary for 2018's Replicas isn't known, but the film wasn't successful—it was one of the biggest bombs of the beloved star's career, grossing only $9 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. Reeves starred in and produced the sci-fi project. He told ScreenRant, "On Replicas, I was a creative producer. So, just a part of developing the story, developing the script, working with Chad St. John, the writer. And being a part of the story and the script and the characters. So, I didn't have any really physical production aspect on this. And the pleasure of that is just trying to bring your story to life and having wonderful artists like Alice Eve tell the story."
How much did Keanu Reeves get paid for Bill and Ted Face the Music?
Reeves' payday for Bill & Ted Face the Music isn't publicly known, though we do know he earned a comparatively paltry $95,000 for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (about $213,000 when adjusted for inflation). Bill & Ted Face the Music was released to theaters as well as to PVOD services the same day at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic—when many theaters were still closed and before vaccines were widely available. That said, Deadline reports the movie was still profitable despite so many elements working against its box office grosses, and reviewers' consensus was that the feel-good film was just what the world needed.
One of the biggest themes of the movie was the title characters' motto "Be excellent to each other," and Reeves stands by it offscreen as well.
"This film is really very much about being linked together as a human race with the intention of compassion and love," he told Parade. "We are humans on a rock floating through space with a finite amount of time. So take that into account—how we treat ourselves, how we treat others and we are all in this together. Be excellent to each other!"
Simple. Profound. Beautiful. Just like him!
How much did Keanu Reeves make for Matrix 4?
According to Variety, Reeves will make between $12 million to $14 million for Matrix: Resurrection, plus back-end box office grosses and adjusted bonuses because the film will simultaneously be released on HBO Max. Whether it matches up to his previous massive paydays as Neo remains to be seen!
Reeves told Entertainment Weekly that the decision to reprise the role was an easy one: "We had filmmakers who you wanted to say yes to, [we had] material that you wanted to commit to, to give everything that you could to."
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How much did Keanu Reeves make for John Wick 2?
Reeves reportedly made between $2 million and $2.5 million for John Wick: Chapter 2—plus some ownership of the film, which is a bigger (and more prestigious) bump than typical back-end deals. He said he loved incorporating two elements of John Woo movies into the John Wick franchise: "gun-fu" and "car-fu."
"It really means just having some kind of multi-purpose with something," Reeves told Esquireahead of the sequel's release. "So, something like hitting people with a car, that's 'car-fu'. If you're doing 'gun-fu' it's, like: 'OK, I've got a pistol but now I'm also doing judo moves or going into jujitsu moves'. So it's integrating one skill into something else at a high level of dexterity. He he!"
How much did Keanu Reeves make for Cyberpunk 2077?
While we don't know exactly how much Reeves made for his likeness to star in Cyberpunk 2077, we do know that despite giving millions in refunds to players when the release was full of glitches and hiccups, CD Projekt Red, which produced the game, reportedly still made $500 million in profits.
Perhaps even better than the game itself was this "breathtaking" viral moment from Reeves promoting it.
How much did Keanu Reeves make from John Wick 4?
Reeves' pay for John Wick: Chapter 4 isn't known yet, as the film won't be released until sometime in 2022 (likely May unless it is delayed) and only wrapped shooting in October 2021. The good news for John Wick fans? Reeves said he'd still play the character as long as producers and audiences want.
How much did Keanu Reeves get paid for Knock Knock?
Knock Knock was a box office dud, making just $5.5 million on a $2.5 million budget, but it found new life on Netflix. Reeves' salary for the film isn't known, but considering the budget was so tiny, it's safe to assume it was likely a passion project. He said the psychological thriller was a break from his usual fare, which is what drew him to it. "That's actually one of the reasons that made the script and story so attractive," he told Complex. "It was the first film I had done after John Wick. [Director Eli Roth] had to get some of the John Wick out of me when the girls are kind of attacking me in Knock Knock, he was like, 'Too much Wick, man! You gotta be helpless. You can’t beat them up when they try to stab you!'"