\n| \n Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n ~$567 million<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nCruise reportedly earned $70 million from the first film's producing credit and $75 million from the third, with later installments adding further backend income as his profit share grew alongside the franchise's box office numbers.<\/span><\/p>\nAdditional Income Sources<\/span><\/h2>\nProducing Through Cruise\/Wagner Productions<\/span><\/h3>\nCruise co-founded Cruise\/Wagner Productions with Paula Wagner in 1993, and the shift toward producing rather than just acting is arguably the most consequential business decision of his career. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nThe company has also held an ownership stake in United Artists since a 2006 deal to help revive the studio, though the exact size and current status of that stake isn't something either side has laid out in detail publicly. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nIndustry observers commonly note that producing credits, not endorsements, tend to be the larger revenue driver for actors who found their own production companies.<\/span><\/p>\nEndorsements<\/span><\/h3>\nCruise has been connected to brand partnerships over the years, generally reported in entertainment coverage rather than confirmed with specific figures. Unlike some of his peers, he hasn't built a visible endorsement empire, and there isn't reliable public data on what, if anything, this contributes to his overall wealth. It's reasonable to assume it's a smaller slice of his income compared to film work, but stating a number here would be guessing.<\/span><\/p>\nTom Cruise's Assets<\/span><\/h2>\nReal Estate History<\/span><\/h3>\nCruise has bought and sold several notable properties over the decades. He purchased a Beverly Hills estate for $30.5 million in 2006 and sold it a decade later for $40 million. He also sold a Hollywood Hills property in 2015 for $11.4 million and a New York condo in 2013 for $3 million, and he bought several condo units in Clearwater, Florida in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nWhat isn't publicly clear is a full current inventory of what he owns today. Past sales are documented because property transactions leave a paper trail. Current holdings, unless something is actively listed or sold, generally aren't. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nIn practice, real estate is the easiest asset category to verify for this reason, since deed transfers become part of the public record in a way that vehicle purchases or private collections don't.<\/span><\/p>\nOther Notable Assets<\/span><\/h3>\nCruise is known for an interest in cars and aviation, including piloting his own aircraft, which fits with his reputation for performing stunts himself in the Mission: Impossible films. Specific figures on the value of any personal vehicle or aircraft collection aren't reliably documented, so this is worth noting as a general interest rather than a quantified asset.<\/span><\/p>\nNet Worth Compared to Other Top-Earning Actors<\/span><\/h2>\nComparing net worth figures across actors is inherently rough, since every figure on this list is an estimate built the same imprecise way Cruise's is.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n| \n Actor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Estimated Net Worth<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n Tom Cruise<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n $600 million<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n Denzel Washington<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n ~$280 million<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n Leonardo DiCaprio<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n ~$300 million<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n Brad Pitt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n ~$400 million<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n | | | | | |