Almost every figure attached to Trey Parker was negotiated for two people, and the split between him and Matt Stone has never been disclosed. But one audited line in a corporate annual report does put a number on what actually reached the producers’ side — and it is the only such number that exists.
Trey Parker Net Worth: What Can Be Supported
- $1.4 billion — Forbes’ own estimate, as of 30 July 2026. Unusually well-supported for this site, but still an estimate by a third party
- Every major contract covers Parker and Stone jointly. Personal figures assume a 50/50 split that nobody has confirmed
- Our take: we publish no figure of our own. Three large deductions are routinely ignored. See our methodology.
This is a rarer situation than usual here: the estimate rests on real documents rather than nothing. It is the arithmetic on top that goes wrong.
The Audited Number Nobody Cites
South Park Digital Studios is a joint venture. In its accounts, ViacomCBS consolidates it as a 51 per cent-owned entity — meaning the remaining 49 per cent belongs to the Parker and Stone side, through their company Park County.
That structure makes their share visible in one place. The 2020 annual report records:
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests $(279) … primarily reflects our joint venture partners’ share of profit from the licensing of the domestic streaming rights to South Park to an SVOD provider in the second quarter of 2020.
$279 million for the year, of which $245 million fell in that single quarter. And the figure checks against an independent source: the streaming deal was valued at roughly $500 million in later litigation, and 49 per cent of $500 million is $245 million. Two unrelated documents agree.
Three qualifications we will not skip. It is a profit figure, not revenue. It covers Park County as a whole, whose ownership beyond Parker and Stone is not disclosed — so 49 per cent is a ceiling for the two of them, not their share. And the line includes other joint ventures: the 2019 baseline was $31 million, so the South Park effect is about $248 million incremental.
Celebrity Net Worth assigns Parker $125 million from that deal. That is exactly half of $245 million — a 50/50 assumption presented as a fact.
$1.5 Billion Is Not a Salary
The July 2025 agreement runs five years and covers 50 new episodes plus streaming rights to all 26 previous seasons, at a reported $1.5 billion — roughly $250 to $300 million a year.
It is signed by both men, and it includes the cost of making 50 episodes. A large part of it is production budget, not income. Treating the headline as personal earnings is the same error as reading a film’s budget as an actor’s fee.
The earlier steps of the same escalation, all for both men jointly: a Hulu licence at $87.5 million in 2014, its renewal at $110 million in 2019, the streaming deal of 2020, and a 2021 package reported at around $900 million that also carried production costs.
Underlying all of it is a contractual quirk: a clause splitting digital revenue with the network in perpetuity, agreed long before streaming existed. Sources disagree on whether it dates from 1997 or 2007, and we flag that rather than pick one.
$800 Million of It Is Debt
In December 2023 the investment firm Carlyle provided Park County with an asset-backed credit facility of $800 million, secured against the intellectual property.
This cuts two ways, and both belong in an honest profile. It is evidence of value — a lender underwrote the catalogue at that scale. It is also a liability, not an asset, reportedly carrying interest of around $80 million a year. Wealth estimates that treat the facility as proof of riches without recording the borrowing have counted it once and forgotten it once.
Broadway: $894 Million at the Box Office, $0 Disclosed to Him
The Book of Mormon opened in March 2011 and has taken $893,878,715 across 5,689 Broadway performances by late July 2026 — a figure published weekly, which makes it one of the most transparent revenue streams on this entire site.
And it tells you nothing about his income. That is the production’s box office. Writers receive royalties as a percentage, and no rate and no distribution has ever been published for this show. Whether Parker and Stone also hold producer stakes is likewise undisclosed; the only public statement is that stage earnings flow through their company.
A related correction while we are here: the nine Tony Awards and the many Emmys carry no prize money at all. Winners receive the statuette. The single exception in the Tony system is a non-competitive regional theatre award carrying a $25,000 grant.
Casa Bonita: $3.1 Million In, $40 Million Out
The clearest documented outflow in his file. Parker and Stone bought the Colorado restaurant out of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy for $3.1 million, a price the court approved as fair and reasonable in October 2021.
Then they spent upward of $40 million restoring it — more than twelve times the purchase price.
The court file adds a detail no wealth estimate contains. From May 2021 their vehicle, Save Casa Bonita LLC, was buying up creditors’ claims in the bankruptcy — a documented acquisition strategy, visible in the docket transfers, that preceded the purchase itself.
What Could Not Be Established
- The split between Parker and Stone. Never disclosed. Every per-person figure in circulation rests on an unverified 50/50 assumption
- Who else owns Park County. Unknown, which is why the 49 per cent is an upper bound rather than their share
- Neither man appears personally in any Paramount filing. We searched the full text: “Park County Productions” returns nothing, and the many hits for “Trey Parker” all belong to a fund director of the same name. Their money is visible only indirectly, through that one minority-interest line
- The streaming lawsuit’s exhibits. Warner Bros. Discovery’s claim over the rights, and Paramount’s counterclaim reported at $52 million, are in a state court that federal record systems do not cover, so we could not read the contract values in the original
- Merchandising and video game participation. No documented share. A claim that the network retains up to 90 per cent of merchandising rights appears only on an aggregator
- Divorce. Forbes lists him as divorced; no figures relating to any settlement are documented anywhere
His documented property transactions, reported against recorded deeds, use achieved prices rather than asking prices: a Brentwood purchase at $13,288,255 in 2013, a parcel sold at $4.8 million in 2015, a Venice house bought at $4.3 million in 2016 and later sold at $5.55 million, and a further Brentwood purchase at $6.2 million in 2019.
The Bottom Line
Forbes’ $1.4 billion is better founded than most figures on this site: it rests on a signed contract with a known annual value, an audited minority-interest line, a lender’s own valuation of the catalogue, and a box office published every week.
What no estimate carries are the three subtractions. The $1.5 billion contains the production budget for 50 episodes. The $800 million facility is borrowed money with a reported annual interest cost near $80 million. And $40 million went into a restaurant bought for $3.1 million.
Above all, every headline number belongs to two people, and the division between them has never been stated by anyone in a position to know.
Sources
- ViacomCBS annual report 2020 — the $279 million minority-interest line
- The quarterly report showing $245 million and the 51 per cent consolidation
- Variety — the 2025 agreement, five years and 50 episodes
- Deadline — the 2021 package
- The $800 million credit facility secured on the catalogue
- Broadway grosses — $893,878,715 across 5,689 performances
- The $3.1 million bankruptcy purchase
- The restoration costing more than $40 million
- The bankruptcy docket, including the claim purchases
- The streaming rights litigation and counterclaim
- The 2025 ruling clearing the way to trial
- Forbes — the $1.4 billion estimate
- Box Office Mojo — the 1999 film, $83,137,603 worldwide
- Tony Awards — no prize money
Money Timeline
| Date | Type | Event | Amount | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-06-30 | Deal | The film takes $83 million - studio revenue, not his | $83.1M | Worldwide box office against a budget of $21 million. As always on this site, ticket revenue belongs to the studio: out of it come the cinemas' share, marketing and production costs. No fee for Parker has ever been published for the film. source |
| 2011-03-24 | Deal | Broadway takes $894 million - and his share is undisclosed | $893.9M | Cumulative box office across 5,689 performances to late July 2026, published weekly - one of the most transparent revenue streams anywhere on this site, and one that says nothing about his income. Writers receive royalties as a percentage of gross, and no rate and no distribution has ever been published for this production. Whether he and Matt Stone also hold producer stakes is undisclosed; the only public statement is that stage earnings flow through their company. The nine Tony Awards carry no prize money at all. source |
| 2020-12-31 | Deal | $279 million to the producers' side - the only audited figure | $279M | ViacomCBS consolidates South Park Digital Studios as a 51 per cent-owned entity; the other 49 per cent belongs to the Parker and Stone side. The annual report records net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests of $279 million, $245 million of it in a single quarter, described as the partners' share of profit from licensing domestic streaming rights. It cross-checks against the roughly $500 million deal value cited in later litigation. Caveats: profit rather than revenue, their company as a whole rather than the two men, and a 2019 baseline of $31 million means about $248 million is incremental. source |
| 2021-08-05 | Deal | $900 million package - for both men, and including production | $900M | Episodes through season 30 plus 14 films for the streaming service. Like every South Park agreement it was signed by Parker and Stone jointly, and it carries the cost of making the content rather than being a payment to them. Earlier steps of the same escalation: $87.5 million for a streaming licence in 2014 and $110 million on renewal in 2019. Underlying all of it is a clause splitting digital revenue with the network in perpetuity, agreed long before streaming existed - sources disagree on whether it dates from 1997 or 2007. source |
| 2021-10-01 | Deal | Buys Casa Bonita for $3.1 million out of bankruptcy | $3.1M | Purchased from the Chapter 11 estate of Summit Family Restaurants, with the court approving the price as fair and reasonable. The docket adds a detail no wealth estimate contains: from May 2021 their vehicle Save Casa Bonita LLC had been buying up creditors' claims in the bankruptcy, a documented acquisition strategy that preceded the purchase itself. source |
| 2023-02-15 | Lawsuit | Warner Bros. Discovery sues over the streaming rights | A claim over more than $500 million, with a Paramount counterclaim reported at $52 million; a 2025 ruling cleared the way to trial. The case sits in a state court that federal record systems do not cover, so we could not read the contract values in the original - the figures here come from named newsrooms rather than from the filings themselves. source | |
| 2023-06-30 | Deal | Spends over $40 million restoring a $3.1 million restaurant | $40M | More than twelve times the purchase price, and the clearest documented outflow in his financial record. Aggregator estimates count acquisitions and never subtract expenditure like this - which is one reason a point figure for him overstates. source |
| 2023-12-28 | Deal | $800 million borrowed against the catalogue | $800M | An asset-backed credit facility from Carlyle to Park County, secured on the intellectual property. It cuts both ways and both belong in an honest profile: a lender underwrote the catalogue at that scale, which is evidence of value - but the facility is a liability, not an asset, reportedly carrying interest of around $80 million a year. Estimates that treat it as proof of wealth without recording the borrowing have counted it once and forgotten it once. source |
| 2025-07-22 | Deal | $1.5 billion over five years - and it is not a salary | $1.5B | Five years, 50 new episodes and streaming rights to all 26 previous seasons, at roughly $250 to $300 million a year. Signed by both men, and inclusive of the cost of producing those 50 episodes - so a large part is budget rather than income. Days later Forbes classified both as billionaires; its estimate for Parker stood at $1.4 billion by July 2026. Note what is still missing after all this: the split between Parker and Stone has never been disclosed by anyone in a position to know. source |
Key financial events, aggregated from the sources cited above. See our methodology.
Frequently Asked Questions
Short answers to the most common questions about this profile. For our sourcing and update method, see our Methodology page.
What is Trey Parker's net worth in 2026?
Forbes estimates $1.4 billion as of 30 July 2026, and that estimate is better founded than most on this site - it rests on a signed contract with a known annual value, an audited minority-interest line in a corporate annual report, a lender's own valuation of the catalogue and a weekly-published box office. We still publish no figure of our own, for two reasons. Every major contract was signed by Parker and Matt Stone jointly and the split between them has never been disclosed, so any per-person number assumes an unverified 50/50. And three large deductions are routinely ignored: the production budget inside the headline contract, $800 million of borrowed money, and more than $40 million spent restoring a restaurant.
Is there any audited figure for what South Park actually paid its creators?
Yes, exactly one. South Park Digital Studios is a joint venture that ViacomCBS consolidates as a 51 per cent-owned entity, the other 49 per cent belonging to the Parker and Stone side. Its 2020 annual report records $279 million in net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests, of which $245 million fell in a single quarter, described as the joint venture partners' share of profit from licensing domestic streaming rights. The figure cross-checks: the deal was valued at roughly $500 million in later litigation, and 49 per cent of that is $245 million. Three caveats - it is profit rather than revenue, it covers their company as a whole rather than the two men, and the 2019 baseline of $31 million means the incremental effect is about $248 million.
Does the $1.5 billion deal mean Trey Parker was paid $1.5 billion?
No. The July 2025 agreement runs five years and covers 50 new episodes plus streaming rights to all 26 previous seasons, at a reported $1.5 billion or roughly $250 to $300 million a year. It was signed by both Parker and Stone, and it includes the cost of making those 50 episodes - a large part of it is production budget rather than income. Reading the headline as personal earnings is the same error as treating a film's budget as an actor's fee. The earlier steps followed the same pattern: $87.5 million in 2014, $110 million in 2019 and around $900 million in 2021, all jointly and all including production.
How much did Trey Parker earn from The Book of Mormon?
Unknown. What is published, and published weekly, is the production's Broadway box office: $893,878,715 across 5,689 performances since March 2011. That is the show's takings, not his income. Writers receive royalties as a percentage of gross, and no rate and no distribution has ever been published for this production. Whether Parker and Stone also hold producer stakes is undisclosed too. One related point: the nine Tony Awards and the Emmys carry no prize money whatsoever - winners receive only the statuette.
What did Trey Parker and Matt Stone pay for Casa Bonita?
$3.1 million, bought out of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with the court approving the price as fair and reasonable in October 2021. They then spent upward of $40 million restoring it - more than twelve times the purchase price, and the clearest documented outflow in his financial record. The court file also shows something no wealth estimate contains: from May 2021 their vehicle Save Casa Bonita LLC had been buying up creditors' claims in the bankruptcy, a documented acquisition strategy visible in the docket transfers before the purchase itself.
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