Mel Brooks, known as king of satire, is one of the few EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winner who has influenced multiple generations of the greatest comedians out there.
His work in some of the biggest Hollywood comedy classics such as Blazing Saddles, Silent Movie, High Anxiety and Spaceballs are still loved by many.
The iconic comedian began his career in 1950 as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows from 1950 to 1954.
While working on the variety show, Brooks and Carl Reiner created the comic character ‘The 2000 Year Old Man’ and continued to release several comedy albums together.
In 1970s he started earning his comedy icon status for directing and writing (or co-writing) many of the most acclaimed and beloved comedy films of all time.
Hence due to working for the last seven decades as an actor and voice actor, comedian, composer, lyricist, and theatrical and television producer, his net worth in 2025 is $100 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Back then while working on our Show of Shows, he was making $5,000 a week. He later made $35,000 for The Producers and $50,000 for Twelve Chairs.
As an upfront fee for Blazing Saddles, he reportedly received a few hundred thousand dollars.
About his earnings: “It was my first megahit. I had 12 or 15 percent of the net profits. They couldn’t hide the money. It spilled over.”
He likely earned millions for the projects he made in the decades that followed, the ’80s and ’90s, as well as in the recent days.
Currently, he helped write Spaceballs 2 which is slated for a 2027 release.
