With every leading role and directorial credit Ben Affleck takes on—not to mention each time he’s Dunkin Donuts’ number one customer, his net worth keeps getting bigger—and it looks like that’s not stopping soon.
During his early years in the film industry, the actor befriended fellow actor Matt Damon. After taking acting classes together for years, they came up with the script for Good Will Hunting, which they ended up selling to Miramax and starring in upon its release in 1997. The film became an instant hit, winning both of them Golden Globes and Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and making Affleck the youngest star to ever win the award when he accepted it at the age of 25—a record he still holds to this day.
While not all of his releases have been hits (*cough* Gigli), he managed to find his way to Forbes Highest Paid Actors list several times. So let’s take a look at Ben Affleck’s net worth and various film salaries.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ben Affleck’s net worth is $150 million as of 2024, thanks to his work not only as an actor, but also as a director, screenwriter and producer throughout his decades-spanning career. In 2023, Affleck scored ninth place on Forbes‘ Highest Paid Actors list of 2023 with $38 million, which is a little downgrade from his position in fourth in 2020 with $55 million.
The father of all Dunkin’ Donuts memes, the Air actor participated in a Super Bowl ad where he served customers at a Dunkin’ location in Massachusetts. Affleck became the face of Dunkin Donuts, for which he was paid a reported $10 million for a 30-second slot at the 2023 Super Bowl.
Years after starring in Good Will Hunting, Affleck landed the role of the caped crusader himself. The actor first portrayed Batman in Zack Snyder‘s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. When it was released in 2016, the film had the eighth-biggest opening weekend on record with $170.1 million, per Variety.
In 2017, Deadline estimated that Affleck was compensated between $10 million and $20 million to play Gotham’s hero, as the actor came into the role with a base eight-figure salary and residuals. Affleck reprised the character in 2016’s Suicide Squad, 2017’s Justice League directed by Joss Whedon, 2021’s remake Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and 2022’s The Flash.
Affleck and his best buddy, Matt Damon, each received $300,000 for selling the Good Will Hunting screenplay that would win them Oscars in 1998. While it’s unclear how much the pair made from box office earnings and residuals, the film set the groundwork for much of what was to come.
