Jennifer Aniston’s net worth
Aniston has an estimated total net worth of $300 million—and rising!
She didn’t exactly start at the bottom
After graduating from New York City’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the one that inspired the movie Fame), Aniston appeared in some off-Broadway productions until she moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to pursue acting full-time. While she certainly paid her dues in parts on television (playing Courtney Walker in the short-lived Molloy, Jeannie Bueller in the TV series Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and guest-starring in Quantum Leap, among others) and movies (hello, Leprechaun!), she did have at least one advantage over other starving artists at the time: She’s the daughter of actress Nancy Dow and actor John Aniston (and goddaughter of Kojak star Telly Savalas), so she likely had at least a couple of connections and awareness of the industry that helped her eclipse her peers. Still, she worked odd jobs until she got regular acting work, including as a spokesmodel for Nutrisystem, a bike messenger, a telemarketer and a waitress.
Jennifer Aniston made a ton of money on Friends—and still does
In 1994, Aniston got two offers: As a player on Saturday Night Live or the role of a lifetime as Rachel Green on Friends. Aniston picked Rachel, and it’s safe to say it worked out beautifully. For Season 1, everyone in the show’s cast, Aniston included, reportedly made $22,500 per episode ($540,000 in total). In Season 2, Aniston and co-star David Schwimmerwere rumored to have earned somewhere in the $40,000-per-episode range as Ross and Rachel’s relationship put them more in the show’s spotlight. If that number is accurate, Aniston will have earned approximately $1.04 million. Season 3 brought the Friends cast into the world of collective bargaining, and they all agreed to match salaries, taking home around $75,000 per episode or $1.875 million total. Season 4 brought them $85,000 per episode, totaling $2.125 million; by Season 5 the cast pocketed $100,000 per episode ($2.4 million for the season). The cast got raises in Season 6 for a cool $125,000 per episode or $3.125 million total, and their raises skyrocketed for Seasons 7 and 8 to $750,000 per episode ($36 million total). Seasons 9 and 10 made Aniston and co-stars Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow the highest-paid women on TV with $1 million per episode for a total of $41 million. Even though Friends wrapped in 2004, the money keeps coming in: The cast reportedly makes roughly $20 million each from residuals, and Varietyreported that each member of the Friends cast will get $2.5 million for their HBO Max reunion special.
Jennifer Aniston transitioned into a full-fledged movie star
After Friends made Aniston a household name, she embarked on a lucrative career in movies. During her tenure on the series, she starred in the following films:
She’s The One ($9.5 million box office on a $3.5 million budget)Til There Was You ($3.5 million box office on a $1 million budget)Picture Perfect ($44 million box office on $10 million budget)The Object of My Affection ($47 million box office on $15 million budget)Office Space ($11 million box office on $10 million budget, but became a cult classic)The Iron Giant ($23 million box office on a $70 million budget, but was critically acclaimed)Rock Star ($19 million box office on $57 million budget)The Good Girl ($17 million box office on $8 million budget)Bruce Almighty ($485 million box office on $81 million budget)Along Came Polly ($178 million box office on $42 million budget)
Post-Friends, Aniston appeared in:
Derailed ($57 million box office on $22 million budget)Rumor Has It… ($89 million box office on $70 million budget)Friends With Money ($18 million box office on $6.5 million budget)The Break-Up ($206 million box office on $52 million budget)Marley & Me ($256 million box office on $60 million budget)He’s Just Not That Into You ($179 million box office on $40 million budget)Love Happens ($36 million box office on $18 million budget)The Bounty Hunter ($136 million box office on $40 million budget)The Switch ($50 million box office on $19 million budget)Just Go With It ($215 million box office on $80 million budget)Horrible Bosses ($210 million box office on $35 million budget)Wanderlust ($24 million box office, budget unknown)We’re the Millers ($270 million box office on $37 million budget)Life Of Crime ($1.5 million box office on $12 million budget)Horrible Bosses 2 ($108 million box office on $42 million budget)Cake ($2.4 million box office on $7 million budget, but earned Aniston a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama)She’s Funny That Way ($6 million box office, budget unknown)Mother’s Day ($49 million box office on $25 million budget)Storks ($183 million box office on $70 million budget)Office Christmas Party ($115 million box office on $45 million budget)The Yellow Birds ($58,000 box office on $12 million budget)Dumplin’ (budget unknown, on Netflix so no box office data applies)Murder Mystery (budget unknown, on Netflix so no box office data applies)
Aniston’s paydays for each film haven’t been revealed, but due to her star power, it’s safe to assume she commanded some hefty checks, and they keep rolling in: As of this writing, Aniston has five acting projects currently in development or production.
Jennifer Aniston expanded her horizons to producing
In addition to her prolific acting career, Aniston is also a producer. She has seven producing projections currently in development, as well as producer or executive producer credits on projects including Dumplin’, Murder Mystery, Cake and The Morning Show.
Jennifer Aniston commanded big bucks for her return to TV on The Morning Show
After years of doing movies post-Friends, Aniston returned to television with Apple TV+ on The Morning Show…and she didn’t do it for cheap. Aniston and co-star Reese Witherspoonmake upwards of $2 million per episode of the series. When public criticism arose for the stars’ major paydays, Witherspoon defended herself and co-star, fuming to The Hollywood Reporter, “There seemed to be a resentment, as if we weren’t worth it or it was bothersome, and I thought, ‘Why is that bothersome?’ I guarantee these companies are real smart, and if they agree to pay us, they’re doing it for a reason. They probably had a lot of lawyers and a lot of business people decide on that number because they knew that they were going to make more than that back." She added, “Does it bother people when Kobe Bryant or LeBron James make their contract?”
Jennifer Aniston has lucrative endorsement deals
While some celebrities make themselves a brand (think Jennifer Lopez’s J.Lo merchandise), Aniston prefers to promote other brands using her own persona: Beautiful, approachable, a girls’ girl. Her endorsements have included Emirates Airlines (reportedly worth $5 million), Vital Proteins, L’Oréal, Aveeno (a deal rumored to be worth eight figures), Smartwater, Living Proof haircare, Heineken, Got Milk, Lynx deodorant, Diet Coke and Shire pharmaceuticals (for a chronic dry eye medication). She also launched six of her own fragrances. Next, find out the net worth of another mega-famous Jen: Jennifer Lopez!
