7 Richest Child Stars Of All Time

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Child stars have done fantastic work on the big screen in some of the most popular shows. Here are some of our favorites which are also the wealthiest child stars of all time. Thanks to Miley Cyrus and Harry Potter, the childhood of 90s kids is laced with the golden memories of popular Disney shows and movies. Their brilliant performances earned so much love and popularity that they ended up being the familiar faces on TV and earned millions as their worth went up with every season of a show or with every movie release.

Stranger Things Child Stars

The Netflix show, Stranger Things, brings back memories of the past, and the child actors starring in this show have built a successful career. The fourth season of Stranger Things is still on its way to get released by Netflix, and the fans are pretty hyped.

The highest-paid among the child actors in this show is Millie Bobby Brown, with an income of $350,000 per episode. The other child performers like Finn Wolfhood and Gaten Matarazzo get paid about $150,000-$250,000 per episode. Millie has also earned fame through her other brilliant performances, like in the movie Enola Holmes that came out last year. The child stars of Stranger Things have an estimated net worth of about $2-4 million.

Dylan and Cole Sprouse

Among the famous twin stars in Hollywood, Dylan and Cole Sprouse occupy one of the top positions. They won hearts as kids in the Disney show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Cole Sprouse is also well known for playing the character of little Ben Geller on the American sitcom Friends. By the time Cole became part of the teen show Riverdale, he was already a well-recognized child actor. The Sprouse brothers have a net worth of $8 million each.

Macaulay Calkin

Macaulay Culkin is probably the most remembered face of a child actor. The character of the naughty kid that he played in Home Alone made him become a hero-like.

Culkin is known to have earned about $100,000 for Home Alone. But by the time Home Alone two was released, he had made about $4.5 million for his performance and currently has a glorious net worth of about $15 million.

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci is a child star who made a lot of wealth through her extraordinary performance. Ricci first appeared in the 1990 movie titled Mermaids.

She became famous for her role in The Addams Family and The Addams Family Values. Her success was confirmed through other roles in films like Casper and Now and Then. According to Go Banking Rates, Christina has acted in an Amazon Prime show later in her life and built up a net worth of about $18 million.

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato earned herself a fortune at 17 and became a favorite pop star for every American teen. According to Zimbio, she used to make about $12,000 per episode for playing Sonny Monroe on Disney's Sonny With a Chance.

Later, Demi grew up to become one of the most successful swingers. She has an extravagant net worth of about $33 million.

Child Stars of Harry Potter

The three main stars who grew up on the sets of the Harry Potter are Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. They were also the friends who would always stick together in the story. Daniel starred as Harry and won every heart with his fantastic performance.

Emma played the intelligent and brave Hermione; Rupert played the clumsy but cute Ron Weasley. The success of the child actress is remarkable as Emma is reported to have earned about $60 million by playing Hermione, as stated by Slice, and today has a net worth of about $80 million. Rupert's is approximately $50 million, whereas Daniel's net worth is even more impressive, $110 million.

Miley Cyrus

Every little girl wanted to be like Miley when she starred in the Disney show Hannah Montana from 2006 to 2011. At the tender age of 11, Miley made about $11000 out of every Hannah Montana episode.

She was a star in the show and a star in real life. Choosing her as the role model was probably an ideal choice as Miley grew up to gain more fame as an American pop star, and today she is a songwriter and a performer. According to Wealthy Genius, the singer has a mind-blowing net worth of $160 million.

These are a few of the most popular and successful child stars that had earned jaw-dropping amounts of money before they reached adulthood. Some of them continue gaining success and wrath in their later lives to become richer by the hour.

Source: Go Banking Rates, Zimbio, Slice, Wealthy Genius