Henry Cavill recently portrayed the character of Argylle in filmmaker Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle. The spy-action comedy movie was written by Jason Fuchs and had an ensemble cast of Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, and more.
Upon its premiere, the movie opened up to negative reviews from critics and audiences. Argylle follows a spy novelist who finds herself in the middle of a murder and espionage after she realizes that her new spy novel mirrors real-world events. Despite the movie receiving negative comments and tanking at the box office, Henry Cavill’s net worth does not seem to be hindered.
Henry Cavill boasts of an estimated net worth of $50 Million
According to reports from Celebrity Net Worth, British actor Henry Cavill‘s estimated net worth comes near about $50 Million. The actor became a household name when he took the opportunity to star as Superman in DCEU starting with 2013’s Man of Steel. However, the actor with his appearances in The Tudors, The Count of Monte Cristo, Stardust, and more had started to cement his place in audiences’ minds.
Apart from portraying Superman, Henry Cavill gained recognition for his role as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher, which he played from 2019 to 2023. The British actor according to Life Style Asia earned USD 400,000 per episode in the first season. His pay for seasons 2 & 3 is unclear but according to THR’s report in 2021, Cavill signed a deal of USD 1 million per episode.
The actor was initially paid an upfront salary of USD 300,000 for Man of Steel (via Life Style Asia) but the success and popularity of the character affected his pay and reports suggested that his pay increased up to USD 14 million.
Cavill is a spokesperson for No. 1 Botanicals; a fizzy drink in addition to being the global face of luxury eyewear brand Boss Eyewear. It is no hidden fact that Henry Cavill’s greek-god physique is admired by peers and fans which led to him being associated with nutritional brand MuscleTech who signed up the actor as their chief creative director, global ambassador, and spokesperson.
The actor indeed owns luxury cars including Bentley Continental GR V8S, Bentley Bentyga, Audi Q8 e-tron, Aston Martin DBS, Ferrari 458 Spider, Cadillac XTS, and more.Talking about Argylle, the actor according to Hollywood Sunday was paid near about $8 million for the role in the movie whose estimated budget was reportedly $200 million.
With his upcoming projects including The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Warhammer 40,000 and more, it can be believed that Argylle’s failure at the box office might not affect his $50 million net worth.
Henry Cavill talks about the Amazon series Warhammer 40,000
In 2022, Amazon Studios announced that they had secured the right to Warhammer 40,000 which is a Games Workshop’s science fiction universe with Henry Cavill starring and serving as the executive producer of the project. In 2023, Games Workshop confirmed that they had signed a full agreement with Amazon.
At the time, during a conversation with IGN, the actor shared that there are a lot of characters he’d like to play but since he has to pick one, he’d like to play one of the Primarchs or Captain Generals. During an interview with Josh Horowitz, Henry Cavill discussed his upcoming project Warhammer 40,000 noting;
“It is the greatest privilege of my professional career to have this opportunity. I can’t say too much, again, it’s early days still. But to have this opportunity to bring it to screen, and be at the tiller so it can be faithful, is key to me.”
The actor continued to share,
“This is the stiff I’ve been dealing with since I was a kid. This is the stuff I spend my free time day dreaming about, as an adult as well, and I get to bring it into life. There is no greater reason than I joined the industry than doing something like this.”
Not much information has been shared about Warhammer 40,000 as of now.
Argylle is streaming on AppleTV+.
