SYLVESTER STALLONE, NET WORTH—$500 MILLION

Sylvester’s Stallone, who everyone knows for playing the iconic movie characters Rocky and Rambo, is one of Hollywood’s richest people. Not bad for someone who wrote the story of Rocky and was offered $350,000 by the studio to not play the role. Of course, Stallone knew at the time that he was the only one who had the electricity to play the role, so he rejected the offer, stood his ground, and said it’s either he would play Rocky or no one would.

The studio eventually relented, and the Rocky franchise went on to make $1.4 billion at the box office. Stallone grew up “pretty broke” and couldn’t afford any more cash loans. He had no idea about the success that was about to come to him. Playing Rocky Balboa was just the start of Stallone’s successful career in Hollywood. Since his hit movie, Stallone has starred in over 60 different movies such as Demolition Man, The Specialist, Cliffhanger, The Expendables franchise, and Tango and Cash.