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Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Ralph Macchio's net worth: The ‘Karate Kid: Legends' star's wealth & income
Ralph Macchio reprises his role as Daniel LaRusso in the movie Karate Kid: Legends, which premiered on May 29, 2025. In the sixth installment of the Karate Kid franchise, Macchio's character joins forces with Jackie Chan's Mr. Han - from the 2010 remake - to help mentor a young kung fu prodigy. Macchio has had significant roles in major movies such as My Cousin Vinny and The Outsiders, but he is best known for playing a martial arts student in 1984's The Karate Kid and its two sequels later in the 1980s. It's a role he reprised more than 30 years later on the small screen for the Cobra Kai TV series, and that has revived his career and popularity among Karate Kid fans. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter Here's how much Ralph Macchio is worth now and how he has built his isn't as wealthy as his Legends co-star Jackie Chan, but his revival as Daniel LaRusso in the Karate Kid franchise for Cobra Kai has boosted his net worth. Macchio probably has a net worth of around $10 million or more, largely based on his recent earnings and property. Related: Jackie Chan's net worth: The 'Karate Kid: Legends' star's wealth & income Macchio's acting career has been on and off over the past few decades since the end of his last starring role as Daniel LaRusso in Karate Kid Part III in 1989. The Cobra Kai series, which ran from 2018 to 2025, has provided him with a steady income in recent years. Macchio reportedly earned $100,000 an episode for the first two seasons it aired on YouTube's subscription services. After that 20-episode run, Cobra Kai was picked up by Netflix (NFLX), and Macchio reportedly started making $200,000 an episode for the third season. Based on those pay figures, Macchio likely earned at least $11 million on the 65-episode series. Macchio and co-star William Zabka, who played his nemesis in the original Karate Kid film, served as co-executive producers on Cobra Kai, further adding to Macchio's earnings. Endorsements and speaking engagements are another source of income. Macchio is represented by the MN2S agency, and he is available for commercial work and private bookings. AAE Speakers, another talent agency, lists his speaking fee for a live event at between $30,000 and $50, salary from Legends isn't known, but he shares credit as an executive producer for the movie. With a budget reportedly around $45 million, Macchio and co-star Chan may have been paid at scale actor rates in exchange for a share of the box-office profits. Legends is forecast to make $25 million to $30 million in its opening weekend. The Karate Kid films have been good to Macchio. The first three films, in which he had the starring role, earned a collective $700 million, adjusted for inflation in 2025 dollars. The first sequel alone, which aired in 1986, took in more than $330 million in 2025-adjusted dollars. The following are global gross box-office revenues for the five Karate Kid films and selected movies in which Macchio had a role, based on figures compiled by Box Office Mojo, which tracks movie theater receipts. More on actors' net worth: Kelsey Grammer's net worth: The 'Cheers' star's wealth at 70Val Kilmer's net worth: Building a fortune through triumph and tragedyWill Ferrell's net worth: How much money does the 'SNL' star have in 2025? Macchio isn't known to be a lavish spender. According to the YouTube channel House of Celebs, Macchio lives in a three-bedroom, three-bathroom house valued at $4 million in Montauk, New York, which is the easternmost point of Long Island and New York State. Ralph George Macchio Jr. was born in Huntington, New York, on November 4, 1961. His early acting roles were onTV shows, such as Eight Is Enough, and before long, he transitioned into acting in feature films. Macchio's IMDb profile lists 57 credits for acting roles, including movies, TV shows, and video games. He has also appeared in theatrical productions. In 2022, Random House published Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me, which is Macchio's memoir about his acting career, the Karate Kid franchise, and working with co-stars Pat Morita (who played his mentor Mr. Miyagi), Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka. In 2025, Macchio finally received a black belt in karate - more than 40 years after he first played the black belt Daniel LaRusso in the original Karate Kid film. Related: Miley Cyrus' net worth: A look at her wealth as 'Something Beautiful' drops The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ralph Macchio Names His 'Only' Crush During His Rise to Fame
Before the release of "Karate Kid: Legends," longtime actor Ralph Macchio opened up about his love life. Macchio has been around Hollywood since 1980. He truly became a star in 1983 because of his performance in "The Karate Kid." Well before his breakout role as Daniel LaRusso, he met his soulmate, Phyllis Fierro. When Macchio was just 15 years old, he was introduced to his future wife. They eventually got married in 1987 and had two children together, a daughter named Julia and a son named Daniel. Macchio will be featured in AARP's June/July issue to celebrate 40 years as "The Karate Kid." During this extensive interview, he revealed that he never had a celebrity crush in the 1980s. That's because he only had eyes for his wife. "I got to work with beautiful dynamic actresses like Elizabeth Shue and Marisa Tomei so people are like, well who was the one? And I know this is lame, but my girlfriend-wife was the one. We met at like 15, 16—and I wasn't looking anyplace else," Macchio said. Macchio recently gave his wife credit for helping him have a "one foot in, one foot out" approach to his acting career. "Without her and without the foundation and the family we established, 'one foot in, one foot out' would have been very, very difficult on my own," Macchio said. "Because there would not be balance." Suffice to say, Macchio doesn't have any regrets about meeting his wife at such a young age. Ralph Macchio Names His 'Only' Crush During His Rise to Fame first appeared on Men's Journal on May 29, 2025
New York Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Karate Kid: Legends' Review: The Student Becomes the Teacher
'Karate Kid: Legends,' the latest installment to the franchise that spawned from the 1984 team of Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, a.k.a Mr. Miyagi, certainly shouldn't come as a surprise. And yet, among the modern crop of revamped movie franchises, it is, in fact, a somewhat bizarre outlier. In many ways, the original film should by all means have become a fond and nostalgic relic of the 1980s, a sleeper hit that almost wholly symbolizes the retrospective cheesiness we project onto that decade. Instead, its remarkably simple story, of a master fighter teaching a kid how to defeat bullies, has retained tremendous staying power, spawning, across decades, several sequels and reboots, a Netflix spinoff show and now a revamp merging its past iterations. As if fully aware of the humble and ultimately thin material for another franchise restart, 'Legends' tries to make practically three movies in one, tossing all of its legacies into a blender that's powered more by Macchio and Jackie Chan's names than anything else. Adhering to its blueprint, 'Legends,' directed by Jonathan Entwistle, starts with a kid traveling to a new city, falling in love with a girl and facing a violent bully. Li (Ben Wang) is a martial arts student in Beijing, studying under his Uncle Han (Chan), until his mom (Ming-Na Wen) moves them to New York City. While there, Li quickly takes a liking to Mia (Sadie Stanley), much to the chagrin of Conor (Aramis Knight), a vicious karate student who begins harassing Li. But rather than learning how to fight off Conor, Li instead trains Mia's father, Victor (Joshua Jackson), who enters a boxing tournament to pay off his debts to a local thug (who is also Conor's karate teacher). That's all in the first two-thirds of the film. In the latter third, Jackson disappears entirely, Li must prepare for his own fight tournament, and Chan and Macchio are clumsily looped in, as if the film suddenly remembered who was on its poster. What we end up with is a 'Karate Kid' movie with three teachers, two students in two tournaments and many training montages. Strangely, the final stretches, when Chan and Macchio's team-up occurs — the entire selling point of this venture — is when the movie decides to forgo all sense of pacing or storytelling impact. The film doesn't seem to have any interest in dramatizing Macchio and Chan's appearances onscreen, nor in narratively or emotionally bridging their histories and legacies. There is at once a roughshod, zippy energy coupled with a sedateness here that results from the simple fact that the film never quite knows how to square the pure awkwardness of two teachers — two stars from different eras of a franchise — instructing a karate kid at once. Their fan service pairing, then, leaves us with the distinct feeling of two wink-wink cameos shoehorned into a commercial. What is most striking only comes in glimpses: a genuine melancholy that Macchio carries in the brief moments he remembers Mr. Miyagi. There's a shadow meaning you might read into that sadness that's really fatigue, for yet another fight he never picked.
The Advertiser
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Ralph Macchio reflects on Karate Kid legacy in new film
Ralph Macchio wanted to "honour the legacy" of the franchise in Karate Kid: Legends. The 63-year-old actor reprises his role as Daniel LaRusso on the big screen in the martial arts franchise for the first time in 36 years and is grateful that the new flick pays homage to the past through the connection between Jackie Chan's character Mr Han and karate master Mr. Miyagi, played by the late Pat Morita. "(It) feels authentic and honours the legacy of the entire franchise, and I think we do that," Macchio told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's another ecosystem in the grand universe. This franchise doesn't know how to not do it right when we care, and I try to always take great care and protect my character, and I like to believe I've done that again." Macchio's appearance in Karate Kid: Legends comes after he returned to the role of Daniel in the TV series Cobra Kai, and he revealed he had lots of conversations with the studio before committing to the movie. "I was in the middle of Cobra Kai and we were still finishing that story, so I wanted to know where it was landing in Daniel LaRusso's narrative and his evolution," he said. "And once we figured out it was three years later and we landed him in the series (as) kind of the best version of himself through his little midlife crisis of the Cobra Kai soap opera, there's an element of him being more Miyagi in his way and paying that legacy forward to a kid who needs his help." Macchio believes that there is scope for more stories in the Karate Kid franchise, provided the plots remain "truthful" to the characters. Chan returns in the role of Mr Han, a role he first played in the 2010 remake, and explained he still opts to do the majority of his own stunts at the age of 71. "Whatever I can do, I do it myself," the movie legend said. "When I was young I could do a triple triple kick, double double kick; now, if I can do one kick, I do one kick. I think the audience knows we want to see Jackie do the real things." Chan recently expressed concern that the use of CGI trickery in stunts is making viewers "numb" to the danger of action movies. The Rush Hour star told Haute Living: "In the old days, the only (choice we had) was to be there and jump; that's it. "Today, with computers, actors can do anything, but there's always a sense of reality that you feel is missing." Ralph Macchio wanted to "honour the legacy" of the franchise in Karate Kid: Legends. The 63-year-old actor reprises his role as Daniel LaRusso on the big screen in the martial arts franchise for the first time in 36 years and is grateful that the new flick pays homage to the past through the connection between Jackie Chan's character Mr Han and karate master Mr. Miyagi, played by the late Pat Morita. "(It) feels authentic and honours the legacy of the entire franchise, and I think we do that," Macchio told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's another ecosystem in the grand universe. This franchise doesn't know how to not do it right when we care, and I try to always take great care and protect my character, and I like to believe I've done that again." Macchio's appearance in Karate Kid: Legends comes after he returned to the role of Daniel in the TV series Cobra Kai, and he revealed he had lots of conversations with the studio before committing to the movie. "I was in the middle of Cobra Kai and we were still finishing that story, so I wanted to know where it was landing in Daniel LaRusso's narrative and his evolution," he said. "And once we figured out it was three years later and we landed him in the series (as) kind of the best version of himself through his little midlife crisis of the Cobra Kai soap opera, there's an element of him being more Miyagi in his way and paying that legacy forward to a kid who needs his help." Macchio believes that there is scope for more stories in the Karate Kid franchise, provided the plots remain "truthful" to the characters. Chan returns in the role of Mr Han, a role he first played in the 2010 remake, and explained he still opts to do the majority of his own stunts at the age of 71. "Whatever I can do, I do it myself," the movie legend said. "When I was young I could do a triple triple kick, double double kick; now, if I can do one kick, I do one kick. I think the audience knows we want to see Jackie do the real things." Chan recently expressed concern that the use of CGI trickery in stunts is making viewers "numb" to the danger of action movies. The Rush Hour star told Haute Living: "In the old days, the only (choice we had) was to be there and jump; that's it. "Today, with computers, actors can do anything, but there's always a sense of reality that you feel is missing." Ralph Macchio wanted to "honour the legacy" of the franchise in Karate Kid: Legends. The 63-year-old actor reprises his role as Daniel LaRusso on the big screen in the martial arts franchise for the first time in 36 years and is grateful that the new flick pays homage to the past through the connection between Jackie Chan's character Mr Han and karate master Mr. Miyagi, played by the late Pat Morita. "(It) feels authentic and honours the legacy of the entire franchise, and I think we do that," Macchio told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's another ecosystem in the grand universe. This franchise doesn't know how to not do it right when we care, and I try to always take great care and protect my character, and I like to believe I've done that again." Macchio's appearance in Karate Kid: Legends comes after he returned to the role of Daniel in the TV series Cobra Kai, and he revealed he had lots of conversations with the studio before committing to the movie. "I was in the middle of Cobra Kai and we were still finishing that story, so I wanted to know where it was landing in Daniel LaRusso's narrative and his evolution," he said. "And once we figured out it was three years later and we landed him in the series (as) kind of the best version of himself through his little midlife crisis of the Cobra Kai soap opera, there's an element of him being more Miyagi in his way and paying that legacy forward to a kid who needs his help." Macchio believes that there is scope for more stories in the Karate Kid franchise, provided the plots remain "truthful" to the characters. Chan returns in the role of Mr Han, a role he first played in the 2010 remake, and explained he still opts to do the majority of his own stunts at the age of 71. "Whatever I can do, I do it myself," the movie legend said. "When I was young I could do a triple triple kick, double double kick; now, if I can do one kick, I do one kick. I think the audience knows we want to see Jackie do the real things." Chan recently expressed concern that the use of CGI trickery in stunts is making viewers "numb" to the danger of action movies. The Rush Hour star told Haute Living: "In the old days, the only (choice we had) was to be there and jump; that's it. "Today, with computers, actors can do anything, but there's always a sense of reality that you feel is missing." Ralph Macchio wanted to "honour the legacy" of the franchise in Karate Kid: Legends. The 63-year-old actor reprises his role as Daniel LaRusso on the big screen in the martial arts franchise for the first time in 36 years and is grateful that the new flick pays homage to the past through the connection between Jackie Chan's character Mr Han and karate master Mr. Miyagi, played by the late Pat Morita. "(It) feels authentic and honours the legacy of the entire franchise, and I think we do that," Macchio told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's another ecosystem in the grand universe. This franchise doesn't know how to not do it right when we care, and I try to always take great care and protect my character, and I like to believe I've done that again." Macchio's appearance in Karate Kid: Legends comes after he returned to the role of Daniel in the TV series Cobra Kai, and he revealed he had lots of conversations with the studio before committing to the movie. "I was in the middle of Cobra Kai and we were still finishing that story, so I wanted to know where it was landing in Daniel LaRusso's narrative and his evolution," he said. "And once we figured out it was three years later and we landed him in the series (as) kind of the best version of himself through his little midlife crisis of the Cobra Kai soap opera, there's an element of him being more Miyagi in his way and paying that legacy forward to a kid who needs his help." Macchio believes that there is scope for more stories in the Karate Kid franchise, provided the plots remain "truthful" to the characters. Chan returns in the role of Mr Han, a role he first played in the 2010 remake, and explained he still opts to do the majority of his own stunts at the age of 71. "Whatever I can do, I do it myself," the movie legend said. "When I was young I could do a triple triple kick, double double kick; now, if I can do one kick, I do one kick. I think the audience knows we want to see Jackie do the real things." Chan recently expressed concern that the use of CGI trickery in stunts is making viewers "numb" to the danger of action movies. The Rush Hour star told Haute Living: "In the old days, the only (choice we had) was to be there and jump; that's it. "Today, with computers, actors can do anything, but there's always a sense of reality that you feel is missing."
West Australian
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Ralph Macchio reflects on Karate Kid legacy in new film
Ralph Macchio wanted to "honour the legacy" of the franchise in Karate Kid: Legends. The 63-year-old actor reprises his role as Daniel LaRusso on the big screen in the martial arts franchise for the first time in 36 years and is grateful that the new flick pays homage to the past through the connection between Jackie Chan's character Mr Han and karate master Mr. Miyagi, played by the late Pat Morita. "(It) feels authentic and honours the legacy of the entire franchise, and I think we do that," Macchio told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's another ecosystem in the grand universe. This franchise doesn't know how to not do it right when we care, and I try to always take great care and protect my character, and I like to believe I've done that again." Macchio's appearance in Karate Kid: Legends comes after he returned to the role of Daniel in the TV series Cobra Kai, and he revealed he had lots of conversations with the studio before committing to the movie. "I was in the middle of Cobra Kai and we were still finishing that story, so I wanted to know where it was landing in Daniel LaRusso's narrative and his evolution," he said. "And once we figured out it was three years later and we landed him in the series (as) kind of the best version of himself through his little midlife crisis of the Cobra Kai soap opera, there's an element of him being more Miyagi in his way and paying that legacy forward to a kid who needs his help." Macchio believes that there is scope for more stories in the Karate Kid franchise, provided the plots remain "truthful" to the characters. Chan returns in the role of Mr Han, a role he first played in the 2010 remake, and explained he still opts to do the majority of his own stunts at the age of 71. "Whatever I can do, I do it myself," the movie legend said. "When I was young I could do a triple triple kick, double double kick; now, if I can do one kick, I do one kick. I think the audience knows we want to see Jackie do the real things." Chan recently expressed concern that the use of CGI trickery in stunts is making viewers "numb" to the danger of action movies. The Rush Hour star told Haute Living: "In the old days, the only (choice we had) was to be there and jump; that's it. "Today, with computers, actors can do anything, but there's always a sense of reality that you feel is missing."
