Matt Damon donates $100,000 to families with high healthcare costs — it hardly dents his fortune
Matt Damon is set to continue the Oscar-winning collaboration with Christopher Nolan, in his next film "Odyssey." Damon will star alongside Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Tom Holland in the big-screen adaption of Homer's The Odyssey. Universal Pictures announced that the mythic action will be shot across the world and is set to be released in July next year.
Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.
— Universal Pictures (@UniversalPics) December 23, 2024
While Matt Damon has left a lasting legacy in Hollywood, he is also known for his work outside of the studio. Most recently, Damon joined the efforts of fellow actor Kristen Bell and internet celebrity Tommy Marcus to help raise funds for people struggling to pay medical bills. The actor and his wife Luciana donated up to $100,000 to help families with high healthcare expenses, according to ABC7. Given his hefty salary and net worth, the donation barely makes a dent in Damon's pockets.
American actor, writer, and producer known for movies ranging from "Good Will Hunting" to the "Bourne" franchise, Matt Damon has an estimated net worth of $170 million as of 2023, according to Celebrity Net Worth. At an early stage in his career, Damon co-wrote and starred in the Academy Award-winning film “Good Will Hunting,” and bagged an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay along with his cousin Ben Affleck.
Damon has consistently been one of the highest-earning Hollywood actors and once revealed that he turned down a role in 2009's Avatar for which he could have earned $250 million. He was being offered a portion of the box office profits for the movie which later turned out to be the second highest-grossing movie in history grossing more than $2.8 billion worldwide, as per Fortune.
As per Parade, Damon makes an estimated $10 million per movie, but this varies from project to project. One of his significant paychecks came when he and Affleck sold the script of “Goodwill Hunting” for $600,000, and Damon also made another $350,000 for starring in the titular role of the MIT janitor and genius, as per Celebrity Net Worth.
Damon was paid about $26 million each for “The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum,” while his Oscar-nominated performance in “The Martian” fetched him $25 million, as per Vanity Fair. For his most recent appearance in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”, Damon pocketed a salary of $3 million, as per Showbiz Galore.
