What is Tom Cruise’s net worth at 61 years old?

Throughout his career, Tom Cruise has surprised us with his performances in movies, which have gone beyond just playing a character. The actor has fully committed, often beyond the call of duty, to performing his action scenes and has learned various extreme activities, from skydiving to flying an F-18. His new movie, ‘Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Pt.1′, is no exception.

Cruise’s undertakings have led him to become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and as a result, he has made a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The fortune of Tom Cruise

According to the site Celebrity Net Worth, Tom Cruise has a net worth of $600 million dollars thanks to his acting work, starring for the last three decades in dozens of blockbuster movies, becoming one of the highest paid and richest stars in the world, but how did he get his fortune?

At the beginning of his career, like most actors starting out, Cruise did not have a high income from his performances. It wasn’t until he took the leading role in ‘Top Gun’ that his earnings rocketed like a fighter plane and, interestingly, it was the sequel ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ that passed the billion dollar barrier at the box office.

As well as acting, Tom has managed to increase his fortune thanks to his producer roles, earning millions for all his credits in the Mission Impossible series and other films.

In addition to his acting salary, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ entitled Cruise to 10-20% of the gross income of the “first dollar” of the movie. If at 20%, and future streaming sales are included, Tom may very well earn around $200 million, states Celebrity Net Worth. And the fortune keeps growing with the release of ‘Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part 1′, as well as part 2, of which he is a producer.

Oh, and there’s more. Tom also owns a number of properties in the United States, building his portfolio over the years, adding to his multi-million-dollar fortune.