Macaulay Culkin net worth and Career Earnings: Macaulay Culkin is a New York born retired actor who has a net worth of $18 million dollars. He became a household name after starring in a string of early 90s hit films, most notably "Home Alone". At the peak of his career, Culkin was one of the highest-paid and most powerful actors, child or adult, in the entire movie business.

At the peak of his career, Culkin was one of the highest paid and most powerful actors, child or adult, in the entire movie business. He took time off from acting in the late 90s and early 2000s, but has since begun appearing again in television and film roles and independent films.

Macaulay has been the subject of dozens of erroneous tabloid stories about his life over the years. The media just can't seem to grasp that he is a fairly normal adult who has chosen to live his life privately away from Hollywood and magazine front pages. Fellow actor and childhood friend Seth Green is a frequent defender of Macaualay, aka Mac. In an interview on Marc Maron's podcast, Green insisted that Mac simply does not care about what the news media says about him. Mac is apparently happy to live a life with millions of dollars in the bank away from the spotlight.

Macaulay Culkin Salary Per Movie:

Uncle Buck (1989): $40 thousand

Home Alone (1990): $100 thousand

My Girl (1991): $1 million

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992): $4.5 million

The Good Son (1993): $1.5 million

Getting Even with Dad (1994): $8 million

Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994): $8 million

Total: $23.5 million

Earning $23.5 million between 1989 and 1994 is the same as earning $40 million today after adjusting for inflation.

Early Life: Macaulay Carson Culkin was born on August 26, 1980 in Manhattan, New York City. His father, Christopher Culkin, is a former Broadway actor. His mother, Patricia Brentrup, and his father never married. Macaulay was named after Thomas Babington Macaulay. Culkin is one of seven children and a few of his siblings are also actors. Culkin went to a Catholic school, St. Joseph's School of Yorkville, for five years before attending the Professional Children's School.

Career: Macaulay Culkin began working in the entertainment industry at age four, taking parts in small theatre productions and made-for-TV movies, as well as small television and film roles. One of his still-memorable performances from this time was starring alongside John Candy in John Hughes' film 1989 Uncle Buck.

Culkin's breakthrough came in 1990 when he was cast as Kevin McCallister in another John Hughes flick, Home Alone. Culkin was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actor and he won an American Comedy Award and Young Artist Award. The following year, Culkin starred in a Saturday morning cartoon series called Wish Kid. He also hosted Saturday Night Live and made an appearance in Michael's Jackson's Black or White music video. Later in 1991 he starred opposite Anna Chlumsky in My Girl. In 1992, Culkin was paid $4.5 million dollars to reprise his role of Kevin in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. To compare, he was only compensated $110,000 for the original Home Alone flick. Culkin turned to a darker role in 1993 when he starred as Henry in the drama-thriller The Good Son. He was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Villian for his role. Surprisingly, Culkin had also been a student at the School of American Ballet and starred in a filmed version of The Nutcracker. In 1994, after Culkin had a string of poor box office performers with Getting Even with Dad, The Pagemaster, and Richie Rich, he took a four-year hiatus from acting and attended a private high school in NYC.

After Acting Hiatus: In 1998, Culkin made his return to acting when he appeared in a music video for Sonic Youth's "Sunday." Two years later, he took a role in the play Madame Melville in London's West End. In 2003, Culkin returned to films with a dark role in Party Monster, in which he played drug user and murderer Michael Alig. The following year he had a supporting role in Saved! starring Jenna Malone and Mandy Moore. The movie was a sleeper hit and Culkin got glowing reviews for his performance. He also did voice work in Seth Green's animated television show Robot Chicken. In 2006, Culkin published a semi-autobiographical novel, Junior, which discussed his stardom and his shaky relationship with his father. In the fall of 2007, Culkin starred in his first film since Saved!, dark comedy Sex and Breakfast. Up next, Culkin starred in a thirteen-episode NBC series, Kings. In 2011, Culkin was featured in Adam Green's experimental film The Wrong Ferarri. The film was shot completely on an iPhone. In December 2013, a video that Culkin co-produced and directed of himself eating a cheese pizza went viral on YouTube. The video was meant to be a parody of Andy Warhol consuming a Burger King Whopper in the documentary 66 Scenes from America. It turned out to be a promotion for the debut of The Pizza Underground, his New York-based, pizza-themed comedy rock band. In May 2014, during a UK tour, he stormed off the stage during a performance with his band, during his own kazoo solo after fans started to boo and throw pints of beer on stage. They canceled the remainder of the UK shows. In 2016, Culkin announced The Pizza Underground was splitting up.

Following the break up with the band, Culkin produced web content and a podcast and has appeared in various TV ads. Most notable of the television ads was one for Google Assistant in 2018 where he reprised his role of Kevin from Home Alone and recreated scenes from the movie, with Kevin, obviously, being 28 years older than he was in the first film. In 2019, Culkin had a part in Seth Green's film Changeland. It was announced in February 2020 that Culkin would be part of the cast of the upcoming tenth season of American Horror Story.

As of April 2020, Culkin is the publisher and CEO of a satirical pop culture website and podcast, a parody of Goop, called Bunny Ears.

Personal Life: Mac was previously engaged to Mila Kunis and was married to actress Rachel Miner from 1998 – 2002. Since 2017, Culkin has been in a relationship with Changeland co-star Brenda Song.

Macualey also reportedly owns apartments in New York City and Paris. He has owned his New York City apartment since the early 2000s.