Net worth & personal profile
Danny DeVitoNet Worth
An $80M public estimate tested against the documented Twins participation, Jersey Films credits, private TV pay and a 2015 property sale whose price was not disclosed at the time.
Danny DeVito's exact net worth is not independently established. Celebrity Net Worth currently estimates $80 million, but supplies no audited balance sheet. Public records do verify a valuable career architecture: a back-end participation deal on Twins, decades of acting, directing and producing, an Oscar-nominated producing credit for Erin Brockovich and continuing work on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. They do not disclose his current cash, investments, production-company ownership, debts or deal payouts.
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The essentials
The widely repeated $80 million figure is an outside estimate, not a disclosed or audited personal balance sheet. [1]
For Twins, DeVito, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ivan Reitman waived normal upfront salaries for a combined participation reported at about 35% of film rentals; DeVito and Reitman split half of that pool. [3]
No reliable public source states DeVito’s final Twins payout, current Sunny salary or the value of his interest in any production company. [18]
The estimate · Twins deal · Producing · Evidence · Private numbers · Current work
Danny DeVito has spent more than five decades earning as an actor, director and producer. That range makes a large fortune plausible; it does not make a precise total public. The evidence is strongest on deal structure and credits, and weakest on what remains after tax, costs, shared ownership, spending and liabilities.
This profile separates known transactions from estimates. Film rentals are not the same as box-office gross, a producer credit is not a disclosed company valuation, and a property asking price is not a sale price. Net Worth VIP — methodology
01 / The headline number
The $80M estimate is plausible, but its calculation is private
Celebrity Net Worth currently places DeVito at $80 million. The page is useful as a market reference, yet it does not publish a current list of cash, securities, property, company interests and liabilities that can be reproduced independently.
The old version of this article treated that estimate as confirmed and added invented annual-income numbers. Those figures have been removed. DeVito’s long screen career and production history support the possibility of substantial wealth, but career longevity is not a substitute for a balance sheet.
The defensible answer is therefore an attributed estimate with a not-verifiable status. The rest of the profile shows what public records actually establish and where the financial gaps remain.
02 / The deal that changed the model
Twins exchanged salary certainty for back-end participation
Contemporaneous Los Angeles Times reporting and the AFI Catalog agree on the unusual core: Schwarzenegger, DeVito and director Ivan Reitman worked for scale rather than their normal upfront fees and received a share tied to film rentals.
The December 1988 report describes a 35% group pool: Schwarzenegger received 17.5%, while DeVito and Reitman divided the other half. If divided equally, that implies roughly 8.75% each of the defined rental base. It does not mean 8.75% of worldwide theatrical box office, and it says nothing by itself about later accounting, deductions or lifetime payout.
No reliable source reviewed here publishes DeVito’s final proceeds. Claims that turn the participation percentage directly into a personal windfall confuse the contract base with consumer ticket sales.
03 / Producer economics
Jersey Films created enduring credits, but its private economics remain private
The Academy names DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher as the Best Picture-nominated producers of Erin Brockovich. AFI also connects the film to Jersey Films. Those are high-value career facts and evidence of a serious producing business.
They do not disclose DeVito’s producer fee, ownership percentage, profit participation or the value of Jersey Films. The current Jersey Films 2nd Avenue site presents Jake, Danny and Lucy DeVito’s company as the successor to Jersey Films, showing continuity without publishing financial statements.
That distinction matters because lists of successful titles are often converted into imaginary personal earnings. Credits show participation in the work; contracts and company accounts would be needed to value it.
The evidence, with its limits
| Evidence | Public figure | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|
| Outside net-worth estimate | $80 million | A current third-party estimate; no audited calculation is published. |
| Twins group participation | About 35% of film rentals | Shared by Schwarzenegger, DeVito and Reitman under the reported structure. |
| Implied DeVito share | About 8.75% of film rentals | An arithmetic reading of the reported split, not a disclosed payout or share of box office. |
| Twins final payout | Not public | No verified lifetime amount found for DeVito. |
| Sunny salary | Not public | Season 18 is documented; DeVito’s episode or season compensation is not. |
| Beverly Hills asking price | $32 million | A marketing price before the 2015 sale, not the closed-sale proceeds. |
| Erin Brockovich | Best Picture nomination | An official producer credit, not a disclosed fee or profit share. |
04 / What remains private
Television pay and real-estate proceeds cannot be reconstructed responsibly
ABC’s official episode page and Hulu’s schedule confirm that It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia reached Season 18 in 2026. They do not state DeVito’s pay. The old article’s annual $2.5 million television figure had no supporting contract or payroll record and has been removed.
The Los Angeles Times reported that DeVito and Rhea Perlman sold their long-held Beverly Hills estate in 2015 after asking $32 million. Its contemporaneous report withheld the sale price. An asking price cannot be treated as proceeds, and proceeds cannot be treated as profit without acquisition cost, renovation, debt, tax and ownership data.
The same restraint applies to endorsements, residuals and investments. They may be real income streams, but no reviewed source supplies a current amount suitable for a personal wealth calculation.
05 / Current life and work
Season 18, a family production company and Drag keep the profile current
DeVito remains active as Frank Reynolds in the eighteenth season of Sunny. The official site for Drag names Danny, Jake and Lucy DeVito as producers and lists a 2026 festival run, while Jersey Films 2nd Avenue shows the family company’s continuing slate.
His relationship status is often oversimplified. Current biographical reporting describes DeVito and Rhea Perlman as legally married since 1982 and separated, while remaining close. They have three children: Lucy, Grace and Jake. No reliable current source reviewed here confirms a different partner.
His stage record also corrects a common timeline error: IBDB lists his Broadway debut in The Price in 2017, earning a Tony nomination, and his return in I Need That in 2023.
Financial record
The money timeline
Sunny Season 18 premieresCareerNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
Hulu’s official schedule confirms the 2026 return while compensation remains private.
Open source for Sunny Season 18 premieres ↗Beverly Hills estate sale is reportedAsset$32MDetails & source
Amount and context
$32,000,000 · USD
The reported ask is not a verified sale price, profit or DeVito-only asset value.
Open source for Beverly Hills estate sale is reported ↗Erin Brockovich earns a Best Picture nominationCareerNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
The Academy names DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher as producers.
Open source for Erin Brockovich earns a Best Picture nomination ↗Twins opens under a back-end participation structureDealNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
DeVito and Reitman split half of a reported 35% group share of film rentals.
Open source for Twins opens under a back-end participation structure ↗Taxi begins DeVito’s breakout runCareerNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
Louie De Palma made DeVito a television fixture and led to his 1981 Emmy win.
Open source for Taxi begins DeVito’s breakout run ↗Amounts describe different financial measures and retain their original currencies. They must not be added together as personal wealth. Our methodology.
Common questions
Questions, answered
What is Danny DeVito's net worth in 2026?
Celebrity Net Worth currently estimates $80 million, but no audited or independently reproducible current total is public. This profile therefore treats the figure as an outside estimate.
How much did Danny DeVito make from Twins?
No verified final payout is public. Contemporary reports describe a group share of about 35% of film rentals, with Schwarzenegger receiving 17.5% and DeVito and Ivan Reitman splitting the remainder.
How much does Danny DeVito earn from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
His current salary has not been publicly disclosed. Official sources confirm Season 18 in 2026 but provide no per-episode or season compensation.
Does Danny DeVito own Jersey Films?
DeVito co-founded Jersey Films and has major producing credits through it. The current Jersey Films 2nd Avenue site describes a successor family company, but it does not publish ownership percentages or a valuation.
Are Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman still together?
They remain legally married and are described as separated but close. They married in 1982 and have three children: Lucy, Grace and Jake.
Follow the evidenceSources & reading18 links
- Celebrity Net Worth — Danny DeVito ↗
Current third-party estimate of $80 million; no audited balance sheet or reproducible asset-and-liability calculation is supplied.
- Los Angeles Times — A Double Take on “Twins” ↗
Contemporaneous reporting that Schwarzenegger, DeVito and Ivan Reitman worked for scale in exchange for a combined share described by a Universal source as roughly 35% of gross.
- Los Angeles Times — “Twins” is paying off ↗
Contemporaneous explanation that Schwarzenegger received 17.5% of film rentals while DeVito and Reitman split the other half of the group participation.
- AFI Catalog — Twins ↗
American Film Institute production history confirming the principals opted out of upfront salaries for a percentage of film rentals.
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — 2001 Oscars ↗
Official record naming Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher as Best Picture nominees for producing Erin Brockovich.
- AFI Catalog — Erin Brockovich ↗
Production record connecting DeVito, Shamberg, Sher and Jersey Films to the film.
- Television Academy — Danny DeVito ↗
Official record of six nominations and one Emmy, including his 1981 Taxi win.
- Television Academy — From the Archive: Danny DeVito ↗
Career interview and account of Taxi as his breakout television role and his later return to series work.
- ABC — It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 18 ↗
Current official episode page documenting the 2026 eighteenth season.
- Hulu Press — August 2026 schedule ↗
Official schedule listing the Season 18 premiere on August 17, 2026.
- Drag — official film site ↗
Official site naming Jake, Lucy and Danny DeVito as producers and listing the film’s 2026 festival run.
- Jersey Films 2nd Avenue ↗
Current family production-company site describing the company as the successor to Jersey Films.
- IBDB — Danny DeVito ↗
Broadway record, birth details, marriage date, The Price Tony nomination and I Need That credit.
- New Jersey Hall of Fame — Danny DeVito ↗
Biographical record confirming his Neptune birth, Asbury Park upbringing and career milestones.
- AARP — Danny DeVito: What I Know Now ↗
Recent profile describing DeVito and Rhea Perlman as separated but still married and naming their three children.
- Los Angeles Times — Danny DeVito sells Beverly Hills estate ↗
Contemporaneous report confirming the 2015 sale and $32 million asking price while withholding the actual sale price.
- Wikimedia Commons — Danny DeVito at Camerimage ↗
2019 Camerimage portrait by Aawiosnaa / Andrzej Wiosna, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Net Worth VIP — methodology ↗
Why participation structures, gross revenue, private compensation, property sales and personal net worth must be kept separate.
