Kevin Costner‘s estimated net worth in 2025 is $200 million, as per Celebrity Net Worth. During his divorce proceedings from ex-wife

Christine Baumgartner, the court documents estimated his net worth to be $400 million. His ex-wife claimed in court that he makes an

estimated $1.53 million every month and added that they had family expenses of over $550,000 per month (via Us Weekly).

 

 

Costner’s money came from his TV and movie salaries and his real estate portfolio. He was one of TV’s highest-paid actors in 2023 because of his Yellowstone Season 5 salary. From 1991 to 1993, he topped Forbes’ highest-paid actors list, thanks to his hit movies of that time. Here are all of Costner’s highest-paid roles ranked.

Kevin Costner rejected the lead role in The Shawshank Redemption to reunite with Kevin Reynolds in his costly project, Waterworld. The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where the ice caps melted, and the sea water has engulfed the planet’s surface. Costner played the unnamed anti-hero character, The Mariner, in the film.

 

However, things did not go well for the two friends in the 1995 film. The film resulted in a major break in their friendship that took years for them to mend. Behind the scenes of the film, tensions between Costner and Reynolds were on the rise.

The film had planned a 96-day schedule but the production was extended by nearly three months, resulting in a 150-day shoot. As a result, the budget of the film ballooned from a planned $100 million to a whopping $175 million (via Forbes).

According to The Wall Street Journal, Costner was paid $14 million for the role in the movie. Waterworld became a huge flop despite being one of the highest-grossing films of 1995. Costner allegedly struggled with the production due to his divorce from his then-wife, Cindy Silva. According to PEOPLE, he had to pay an $80 million settlement to Silva.

It was reported to have lost millions of dollars for Universal Pictures at the time (via NY Times). However, it eventually became profitable after its home video sales and TV broadcast rights (via Deadline).

Kevin Costner’s movie with Whitney Houston doesn’t receive the same love today that the audience once gave it. Mick Jackson’s romantic thriller from 1992 only had a 38% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes. However, the film’s box office numbers told a different story.

The Bodyguard was about a singer-actor Rachel, played by Houston, who hires the ex-Secret Service agent Frank, played by Frank, to protect her from a stalker. The client and the protector eventually get romantically involved. Critics found it to be a cheesy, melodramatic movie.

According to The Baltimore Sun, Costner reportedly made somewhere between $20 million and $30 million from the movie. The film’s commercial performance was nothing short of outstanding as it made a whopping $411 million on a production budget of $25 million (via The Numbers).