
Actor and producer
Joaquin Phoenix
Base case$70M
Estimate confidence
★★★★★
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TheWrap’s report on Forbes’s 2017 highest-paid actors list put Renner’s earnings at $19M for the period from June 1, 2016 through June 1, 2017. The estimate covers a period when Arrival and his Marvel work helped place him among Hollywood’s highest earners.
That $19M figure is a historical earnings flow, not a current cash balance. The model does not assume the full amount was retained or compound it forward using an invented investment return.
Renner’s Hawkeye role establishes years of major-franchise work, but franchise grosses do not reveal his salary structure, backend rights or what he retained after taxes and spending. No Marvel box-office value is assigned to him personally.
Current business interests, investments, property equity, later acting pay, taxes, spending, transfers and liabilities are also incomplete. The range allows for substantial retained career capital without pretending those private components are directly observable.
Sources[1][2]A reported salary, company sale or brand valuation is not automatically current personal wealth. We show the pieces that can be tied to retained evidence and keep historical flows separate.
The estimate treats the reported $19M annual earnings figure as one historical compensation flow. It does not convert Marvel or Arrival box office into personal wealth or assign unsupported value to franchise participation, businesses, property or investments.
| Component | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated retained acting capitalSources[1] | $45M | $70M | $110M |
| Estimated net worth | $45M | $70M | $110M |
TheWrap’s report on Forbes’s 2017 highest-paid actors list put Renner’s earnings at $19M for the June 1, 2016 through June 1, 2017 measurement window. The figure is retained as one historical compensation flow. Marvel economics, Arrival box office, later acting pay, business interests, investments, property, taxes, spending, transfers and liabilities are not independently valued.
Sources[1]We began retaining comparable estimate snapshots on Sep 18, 2026. Earlier Grizzly Bulls figures are not reconstructed unless a retained snapshot exists.
Initial Grizzly Bulls estimate published with a reported annual entertainment-earnings observation separated from unpriced franchise and private balance-sheet economics.
This is the first retained snapshot, so there is no earlier comparable Grizzly Bulls estimate to show yet.
TheWrap reported Forbes’s estimate that Renner earned $19M in the measurement period from June 1, 2016 through June 1, 2017. The figure is retained as a historical flow rather than current cash.
Sources[1]Explore other estimates for people with similar careers, industries or estimated wealth.
Numbered citations above link to the retained sources below. External net-worth headlines do not set our estimate.