Djimon Hounsou Says He's "Struggling" With Money Despite Long Career

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Djimon Hounsou is getting candid astir his finances arsenic a moving actor.

Despite appearing successful dozens of movies, the performer—whose credits see 2000's Gladiator, 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy and 2024's A Quiet Place: Day One—said he's inactive not making arsenic overmuch arsenic what immoderate whitethorn expect.

"I've been successful this concern and making films present implicit 2 decades," helium told CNN's Larry Madowo successful a caller interview. "And still—with 2 Oscar nominations and been successful galore large blockbuster films—and yet I’m inactive struggling financially to marque a living."

He added, "I'm decidedly underpaid."

However, the 60-year-old noted that African practice successful the manufacture has changed "quite a bit" since helium archetypal started his vocation successful the '90s.

"When I came retired with Amistad, I was nominated for a Golden Globe," Hounsou said, "but they ignored maine for the Oscars, talking astir the information that they thought that I had conscionable came disconnected the vessel and disconnected the streets where Steven Spielberg utilized maine for this film."

And portion Hounsou went connected to gain Oscar nominations for his show successful 2004's In America and 2007's Blood Diamonds, helium felt similar galore didn't dainty him arsenic "an histrion for whom we should wage immoderate respect to" contempt his accomplishments.

"That’s a motion for you, that systemic racism is not thing that you tin woody with lightly," helium shared, portion reflecting connected his existent struggles arsenic a moving actor. "It's truthful heavy inserted successful truthful galore things that we bash crossed the committee and you don’t flooded it."

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Still, Hounsou has nary regrets astir his prime of profession. In fact, helium has anticipation the manufacture volition alteration successful its attack to African practice for the better.

"I came to California with this compelling request to bash thing for my continent and bash thing for my radical successful general,” helium added. "I conscionable anticipation that I person contributed to alteration the communicative astir our radical and the continent."

For a in-depth look astatine however overmuch wealth others successful Hollywood make, work on.

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Sophie Rain

The OnlyFans exemplary revealed that she made implicit $43 cardinal successful conscionable 1 twelvemonth connected the big subscription platform. In fact, she adjacent shared screenshots of her net from November 2023 to November 2024, which included a $4.7 cardinal paycheck from 1 subscriber alone. 

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JoJo Siwa 

The Dance Moms alum revealed that she made "six digits a month, easy" connected YouTube videos arsenic a 13-year-old. She added successful the 2024 documentary Child Star that she present posts up to 300 times a time connected Snapchat arsenic portion of her influencing career.

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Chris Olsen

The TikToker revealed he has a nett worthy of implicit 7 figures.

"You guys tin support calling maine annoying," helium quipped successful a July 2024 video. "Being annoying has made maine a millionaire."

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Jeffree Star

The constitution creator revealed helium earns $50,000 erstwhile helium hosts a TikTok live—which helium does 4 oregon 5 times a week—through selling cosmetics and gifting from fans.

"I'll marque bacon successful the greeting and marque $50,000," Jeffree told the Cancelled podcast successful November 2024. "There's immoderate times wherever I don't merchantability astatine all, and I'll conscionable marque bacon successful my kitchen, successful my bathrobe, successful my small slippers, we'll conscionable bent retired and I'll conscionable chat and I'll bash a Q&A."

Other times, he's making slope by offering discounts connected his ain branded constitution products.

"It's a niche marketplace but it's massive," helium added. "We're the No. 1 oregon 2 quality store."

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Lily Phillips

The OnlyFans model—who made headlines successful December 2024 for sleeping with 101 men successful 1 day—told E! News that she earns a "good amount" disconnected of creating NSFW contented connected the subscription-based platform.

As for a ballpark figure, she said, "Oh, we're successful the millions."

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Markell Washington

Markell—known for his creation videos—told Salary Transparency Street successful 2023 that helium earns betwixt $500,000 and $700,000 a year, mostly from marque deals and Snapchat's mid-roll program.

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Deepti Vempati and Natalie Lee

After appearing connected Netflix's dating amusement Love Is Blind in 2022, the brace pivoted to societal media stardom and said they each made $500,000 successful little than 2 years arsenic influencers.

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Julia

The ASMR influencer—known arsenic @itsblitzzz connected YouTube —admitted successful January 2024 that she scores astir $56,400 a twelvemonth connected advertisement gross from aged videos, without creating caller content.

She's made implicit $610,000 successful 14 years connected the level successful advertisement gross alone, with little than a cardinal subscribers.

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King Caitlin ASMR

The ASMR creator shared that she made $3,948.05 connected TikTok successful September 2024 (with astir 400,000 followers) and $910.95 connected YouTube successful the aforesaid period (with astir 27,000 subscribers).

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Makayla Samountry

The Minnesota YouTuber made implicit $193,000 connected the big level OnlyFans from January 2020 to December 2022, she shared successful a Medium article.

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Morgan Presley

As explained connected The Really Good Podcast successful 2023, the contented creator has scored $50,000 connected a azygous sponsored video.

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Gigi Robinson

The chronic unwellness advocator told Salary Transparency Street successful 2023 that she earns astir $150,000 a twelvemonth with little than 40,000 Instagram followers.

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Ben Brainard

The comedian charges betwixt $5,000 and $10,000 for a sponsored video, helium told Salary Transparency Street.

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Kamillah Rae

The YouTuber shared that she made $4,746.94 from monetization connected the level from August 2023 to January 2024 (from a full of 923,700 video views), with nether 30,000 subscribers.

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