'Yellowstone' has made Kevin Costner one of many highest-paid actors on tv. Right here's how he makes and spends his hundreds of thousands.

Kevin Costner has been gracing film screens for greater than 40 years.

Costner started his skilled performing profession within the early Nineteen Eighties and though he was famously lower from one in every of his earliest films, "The Huge Chill," it wasn't lengthy earlier than the actor turned a reputation to know due to his roles in "Silverado," "The Untouchables," "Invoice Durham," and "Area of Desires."

In keeping with Forbes, in 1991, after his directorial debut, "Dances in Wolves," took dwelling the very best image and greatest director Academy Awards, the actor earned $50 million.

The years following noticed Costner tackle roles within the likes of box-office hits comparable to "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," "JFK," and "The Bodyguard," all of which might've recompensed the Oscar-winner actor handsomely.

In recent times, the actor has starred within the likes of "Hidden Figures," "Molly's Recreation," and "Man of Metal."

 

Costner is raking in additional than $1.3 million for every episode of "Yellowstone."

Costner has solely a handful of tv credit to his identify, which is why it's hardly shocking that the actor commanded an enormous payment when he agreed to star in Taylor Sheridan's neo-Western drama "Yellowstone."

Per Puck, when the Paramount Community collection started in 2018, Costner signed a deal that earned him $500,000 per episode. 

Fortuitously for him, he was capable of renegotiate his contract after the present turned a hit as a result of he had solely signed a one-season settlement.

As "Yellowstone" grew and have become the largest present on cable, so did Costner's paychecks. 

Now, the collection, which is at present halfway by way of its fifth season, has made the actor probably the most well-paid actor on tv as, in accordance with Selection, he's incomes $1.3 million per episode. Most seasons have been 10 episodes lengthy, though season 5 (if it ever will get accomplished) could have 14.

Though it's been confirmed that the present will finish with its present season, Puck reported in February, amid the information of a behind-the-scenes dispute between the actor and the present's co-creator Taylor Sheridan, that Costner was seeking to up his wage to $1.5 million for a possible sixth season.

For over 15 years, the star has been recording and performing as a part of his band, Kevin Costner & Fashionable West.

The actor based the nine-piece nation rock band in 2007 and has launched into a number of excursions, the newest of which was in 2021. They’re additionally bookable for company occasions, personal events, and weddings for an undisclosed payment.

The band has launched 5 studio albums, "Untold Truths," which was launched in 2008, "Flip It On," in 2010, and "From The place I Stand," which got here the next yr in 2011. The most recent two albums have been tied into Costner's roles in "Hatfields & McCoys" and "Yellowstone."

Within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, Costner launched an environmental cleanup firm which gave him an enormous payday in 2010.

In 1995, the "Area of Desires" star started growing oil and water separation expertise by way of an organization known as Costner in Nevada Company.

Within the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Costner marketed his machine and landed a $52 million contract with BP, who loaned out 32 of his centrifugal oil-water separators.

Costner beforehand owned a on line casino and restaurant in South Dakota, however it shuttered in 2017.

Costner opened the Midnight Star On line casino and Restaurant in Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1991 due to his "deep love for Deadwood and the Black Hills of South Dakota and their historic significance in our nation's story."

He had found the realm whereas scouting places for "Dances With Wolves."

On the time, playing had solely just lately been legalized in Deadwood.

Nevertheless, On line casino.org famous that on the time of the venue's closure, playing was down 3.5%, that means that it maybe wasn't producing sufficient income. It will definitely bought to a purchaser in 2020.

In 2020, Costner invested an unknown quantity of capital in a brand new audio leisure journey app.

The actor is credited as an investor, cofounder, and podcast narrator for Autio, an audio leisure and immersive storytelling road-trip app, which first launched below the identify HearHere in 2020. 

The enterprise raised $3.2 million in seed funding led by RV and outside retailer Tenting World in 2022, in accordance with TechCrunch.

When Costner's cofounder Woody Sears appeared on an episode of "Shark Tank" in 2023, asking for $1 million in return for five% fairness within the firm, he advised the sharks that the app had greater than 500,00 lively customers and had generated $200,000 in gross income in 2021 and greater than $700,000 within the 2022 yr.

Costner has additionally used his cash to again most of the Hollywood films he's starred in.

For the 1990 western epic "Dances with Wolves," which he directed, produced, and starred in, Costner used $3 million of his personal cash.

It turned out to be a clever funding because the movie, which had a funds of $22 million, ended up changing into an enormous success, scoring two Academy Awards and taking dwelling $184 million on the US field workplace and $424 million in whole worldwide.

In 2014, he additionally offered all the funds — $9 million — for "Black or White," a drama that additionally starred Octavia Spencer, Invoice Burr, and Anthony Mackie. The movie greater than doubled its funding, making over $21.5 million.

Nevertheless, the star hasn't at all times backed winners. He reportedly contributed to the 1997 post-apocalyptic motion movie "The Postman," which was a notable failure on the field workplace, returning solely $20.8 million on a funds of greater than $85 million.

Costner's 1994 divorce from his first spouse reportedly resulted in an $80 million settlement.

When the "Bodyguard" actor cut up from his faculty sweetheart-turned-first spouse Cindy Silva in 1994 it was throughout his peak incomes years, leading to one of the costly superstar divorces of all time. 

In keeping with Forbes, Silva — with whom Costner shares three kids — was awarded $80 million, a considerable piece of his web price.

The Los Angeles Occasions reported in Could that Costner is now getting divorced for a second time after Christine Baumgartner filed to dissolve their 18-year marriage. It's not recognized how a lot it’s going to value the actor.

Costner has a powerful property portfolio. He has a $145 million dwelling in Santa Barbara, and a ranch in Colorado which he rents out for $36,000 per night time.

Costner and his household's major residence is in Ventura, California, which is price an estimated $145 million, in accordance with MailOnline.

Costner additionally owns a modest 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom dwelling on the identical road, which he bought for $28.5 million in 2006 (it was available on the market for $60 million in 2017).

Nevertheless, probably the most spectacular of Costner's homes is positioned close to downtown Aspen, Colorado.

Often called the Dunbar Ranch, named after his "Dances With Wolves" character, the 160-acre property options 12 bedrooms and eight loos in its fundamental home whereas there are extra rooms in its lake home and a river home.

It additionally boasts a baseball subject, a sledding hill, a non-public ice rink, a tubing observe, and amenities for horseback using, kayaking, mountain climbing, and fishing.

Costner bought the land the property lies on for $30 million in 2000 and as of late, he rents it out for $36,000 an evening, per a list on Aspen Resort Luxurious Leases.