The 10 Richest movie directors in Hollywood today – See who’s #1! (With Pictures)

8. The Wachowskis – $250 million

Next on the list is actually a pair of directors: siblings Lana and Andy Wachowski. The Wachowskis made the vast majority of their money off the highly successful The Matrix franchise, which brought in a combined $1.632 billion. Unfortunately, the Wachowskis’s careers are on a bit of a downward slide at the moment, as their last two films, Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending, did not perform well at the box office, barely making enough money to cover the production costs. To make matters worse, Jupiter Ascending, which had a monstrous budget of $176 million, was slammed by most critics, receiving a score of 25% on Rotten Tomatoes.