Ari Aster’s Net Worth

Ari Aster has emerged as one of the best horror directors of recent years, and here’s his estimated net worth. Before making his feature film debut, Ari Aster made several unique – and disturbing – short films. The most infamous would be The Strange Thing About The Johnsons, which is a harrowing drama detailing a son abusing his father. Another short of note was Munchausen, which is a dialogue-free story that is shot in a manner inspired by the opening montage of Pixar’s Up but tells a much darker story.

Ari Aster later made the leap to movies and created an instant horror favorite with 2018’s Hereditary. This combined fantastic performances, especially from Toni Collette, with some truly unsettling scenes of horror. Aster’s talent for creating unsettling family dramas is part of what made Hereditary work so well, and in addition to receiving critical acclaim, it was also a surprise box-office success, grossing $80 million worldwide.

Following Hereditary’s success, Ari Aster soon followed up with 2019’s Midsommar, starring Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor. The story sees a bunch of friends traveling to Sweden to take part in a unique festival that also happens to include some human sacrifice. The movie felt one part Wicker Man and one part break-up drama, and while the response was a little more mixed than Aster’s previous movie, it still received mostly good reviews. While sources vary, outlets such as Super Stars Bio place Ari Aster’s net worth at around $200,000.

While Aster’s work might be closely identified with the horror genre, he doesn’t necessarily agree with that label. Following Midsommar it also seems he’d like to avoid being typecast in the genre too, with Ari Aster’s next film set to be dark comedy Beau Is Afraid. The movie is based on his 2011 short Beau, which saw an anxious man beset by bad fortune as he tries to arrange a trip to see his mother. Joaquin Phoenix is currently linked to play the title role, with Ari Aster describing it as a four-hour “nightmare comedy.”

Ari Aster’s first two movies Hereditary and Midsommar were produced with relatively modest budgets, which have allowed him greater creative freedom. It would be interesting to see the filmmaker take a shot at a bigger budget project or franchise, though his work has such a distinct tone it would be hard to see him tackle something like the Halloween series – though The Omen might be more up his alley. Aster is also set to co-produce the remake of Korean comedy Save The Green Planet! with the movie’s original helmer Joon-hwan Jang set to direct.

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It’s pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site.

A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games – he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU – where Hawkeye is clearly the best character – to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle.

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