Who Has the Higher Net Worth, Ryan Phillippe or Reese Witherspoon?
Ryan Phillippe
Net Worth- $32 million
Ryan Phillippe may no longer be the heartthrob that graced the 90s screens with appearances in movies like Cruel Intentions and Crimson Tide but he has maintained a significant level of appearance on screen, particularly in TV shows to maintain a personal net worth of $32 million.
Born in September 1974, Ryan Phillippe began his career in 1992 when he was cast as Billy Douglas in the soap opera, One Life to Live. He had a short-lived time on the soap opera, appearing in only thirteen episodes between 1992 and 1993. In 1993, he made his subsequent appearance in another TV show, The Secrets of Lake Success.
Ryan Phillippe was a good-looking man who attracted a lot of women and combined with his decent acting skills, he continued to find a lot of roles where he deployed his astonishingly great looks. He went on to appear in movies like Little Boy Blue, I Know What You Did Last Summer, 54, Company Man and one of his most popular movies yet, Cruel Intentions, which he starred in along with his future wife, Reese Witherspoon.
For a considerable period, Ryan Phillippe’s charming looks was enough to get him on the big screen, and his movie appearances, which total over 29 since he made his first big-screen appearance in Crimson Tide, have made over $700 million in the global box office. However, his best global box office impact came from playing a supporting role. He hasn’t proven to be much of a box office draw in the lead role. His movies as a lead star have earned a meager $185 million in the global box office.
As a result, Ryan Phillippe hasn’t been able to command a high salary for his movie appearances and has also not appeared in a lot of them due to the counter-effect of his age and his charming looks. Regardless, Ryan Phillippe has been able to maintain a more than comfortable life as an actor through appearances on TV shows, including a leading role in the show, Shooter between 2016 and 2018. He played the lead character, Bob Lee Swagger on the show.
So far, Ryan’s net worth of $32 million has come through a filmography with over 60 movies and TV shows.
While his net worth is nothing to smirk at, in the context of Ryan Phillippe vs Reese Witherspoon, it doesn’t bode well for the Cruel Intentions actor.
Reese Witherspoon
Net Worth – $240 million
Compared to her ex-husband, Reese Witherspoon is an extremely rich woman and it has all been down to a successful career as an actress and a producer. Witherspoon began her career in 1991, debuting in the movie, The Man in the Moon, playing the character, Dani Trant. In the same year, she also made an appearance in the TV movie, Wildflower.
Her performance in her dual appearances in her debut year proved successful enough among critics and viewers and she went on to star in more projects, including movies like Freeway, Jack the Bear, Twilight and Cruel Intentions, where she played the character, Annette Hargrove, which is one of her breakout roles. At the turn of the new millennium, Reese Witherspoon appeared in popular movies like Legally Blonde and American Psycho, continuing and improving on her growing reputation as a talented actress.
Unlike her husband, a majority of her roles in a filmography that has over 60 movies and TV shows has her playing lead roles. Her long career has been a result of the success of her movies where she played the leading role. Such movies have earned over $2 billion in the global box office.
When she has been a part of a leading ensemble, her movies have also made considerable success in the global box office, recording over $780 million in box office earnings. Being a very bankable actress, Reese Witherspoon has been able to command a high amount of salary for her movie or TV roles, which has been estimated to be between $15 to $20 million per movie. She is also estimated to be earning as much as $1 million per episode for her role in HBO’s hit drama, Big Little Lies.
While her earnings as an actress place her well and beyond her husband in earnings, the gap is further widened by her financial activities behind the camera. In the movie industry itself, Reese Witherspoon has her own production company, Pacific Standard which was launched in 2012. It has since transformed into Hello Sunshine following a partnership with Otter Media, a division of AT&T’s WarnerMedia in 2016. The production company has been a part of the production of popular works like Wild and Gone Girl. It also has a book club, audio programming with Audible, two podcasts and a video-on-demand channel with DirecTV.
Reese’s production company has also partnered with Apple to produce a couple of shows for the tech giant’s streaming platform. Her exact earnings from the company are yet to be known, but considering the number of deals she has signed with major companies like Starz and Apple, it is bound to be a considerable sum. Outside of movie and TV production, Reese Witherspoon’s $240 million net worth also comes from her clothing brand, Draper James and her lifestyle brand, MOOD. With the income of both celebrity exes analyzed, it is pretty obvious that in battle of Ryan Phillippe vs Reese Witherspoon, the latter makes more money than her ex-husband.
