Culture news He is richer than Taylor Swift: the creator of this cult SF saga hasn't done anything for almost 20 years!
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Forbes published its ranking of the richest people in the world earlier this month. These are two directors who occupy the first places on the podium, but with a particularity for one of them.
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Who are the richest celebrities in the world?
At the beginning of April, Forbes magazine updated its list of the world's richest people. We can learn a lot of interesting information from it and try our hand at the fun game of comparisons. If there are several classifications, it is precisely that concerning richest celebrities in the world that interest us. A list very different from the traditional one since it includes athletes, actors, directors and even producers (music or TV). We find Taylor Swift in 14th position, whose fortune is estimated at $1.1 billion. In the process, LeBron James and Tiger Woods are respectively 11th and 10th (1.2 billion and 1.3 billion dollars). The complete ranking:
- Taylor Swift – $1.1 billion
- Dick Wolf – $1.2 billion
- Magic Johnson – $1.2 billion
- LeBron James – $1.2 billion
- Tiger Woods – $1.3 billion
- Rihanna – $1.4 billion
- Tyler Perry – $1.4 billion
- Peter Jackson – $1.5 billion
- Kim Kardashian – $1.7 billion
- Jay Z – $2.5 billion
- Oprah Winfrey – $2.8 billion
- Michael Jordan – 3.2 billion dollars
- Steven Spielberg – $4.8 billion
- George Lucas – $5.5 billion
Two directors in No. 1 and No. 2
It is therefore George Lucas and Steven Spielberg who occupy the first two places on the podium. The fortune of these two directors seems to eclipse that of their colleagues since they are the only ones in this ranking. And if Spielberg and Lucas make their money from the same profession, some still see a distorted classification.
If George Lucas' wealth comes from the six Star Wars films in which he participated, it is above all thanks to the exploitation rights to the saga and its derivative products. It is above all by the business generated by the films rather than by the films themselves that he can now boast more than five billion dollars.. Conversely, it is with the revenue generated by his achievements that Steven Spielberg claims second place in this ranking. To finish with one last example, and although she is 14th, Taylor Swift draws her fortune from the songs she produces and not from derivative products.
An observation all the more striking since George Lucas, although creator of one of the most popular science fiction saga (if not the most popular), has not been involved in a film since… 2005 with Star Wars Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith.