Christopher Nolan

This blockbuster director, writer, and producer currently have a net worth of $250 million. He rose to fame following the release of his hugely successful dark, mind-bending thrillers and dramas such as Memento, Inception, and the Batman trilogy. After the success of “Memento,” many doors opened for Nolan. Since then, he has released one blockbuster after another, each bigger and more profitable than the previous one. Christopher is reportedly paid $20 million upfront as a base salary for a typical movie, but he also receives a generous percentage from the film’s total earnings.

On paper, Nolan’s films gross far more than they cost. The Dark Knight, for example, earned over a billion dollars at the box office on a $185 million production budget, while Inception grossed $825.5 million on a $165 million production budget. Together with his wife, Emma Thomas, he co-owns a production company Syncopy, Inc. The director also recently released a science-fiction filmed titled, Tenet.