Why Fans Think Tommy Wiseau's Net Worth Is Entirely Fake

There are some movies that people are excited to watch because they hear that they're really bad, and that's definitely the case with Tommy Wiseau's The Room. The Room is considered a "disaster" and it was all Wiseau, as he starred in the 2003 film and also was the executive producer, writer, and director behind it.

The most common criticism of the movie is that it just doesn't make any sense. James Franco made The Disaster Artist and played Tommy Wiseau. But besides discussing all of the confusing parts of The Room, people also wonder what his net worth is really like. Let's take a look.

Tommy Wiseau's Net Worth

While a lot of people talk about The Room, people are very curious about Tommy Wiseau's life, as there is so much mystery surrounding him. When a documentary was made about Wiseau, he sued the filmmakers based on privacy and copyright, and a court told him to pay the filmmakers $70o,000.

When discussing Tommy Wiseau's net worth, the story is pretty confusing, as there are so many different numbers that are mentioned. Celebrity Net Worth puts his net worth at $4 million.

Filmdaily.co says that, according to Money Inc., Wiseau has a net worth of $500,000, which is definitely a much lower number.

Tommy Wiseau says that he had an import business and that is how he made some cash. According to Filmdaily.co, he was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly in 2008 and he said, “I tell you a little bit, but that’s it. We import from Korea the jackets that we design here in America. If you work, you have to save money, right? I didn’t get money from the sky – I was preparing, let’s put it this way.”

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Tommy Wiseau's Money

There is so much talk about Tommy Wiseau's money and net worth that there are some theories about Wiseau's money floating around the Internet. According to Yahoo! Movies, people say that Wiseau is D.B Cooper, someone who hijacked a plane in 1971. Cooper had $200,000 that he had stolen, but as Yahoo! said, that isn't a very high net worth. When Wiseau did a Reddit "Ask Me Anything," someone asked about this theory, and he said, "Uh... neowww, but what people speculate is incorrect referencing. Not familiar with that. Looking right now, they are wrong, let's put it that way."

There is also talk that a "Hollywood power player" and Wiseau got into a car crash, and he got settlement money. There is no evidence here, so this theory doesn't seem likely. Wiseau's friend Greg Sestero, who was also in The Room, has said that Wiseau was involved in San Francisco real estate and he got rich flipping houses.

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'The Room'

It also sounds like The Room was marketed and advertised quite a lot, which definitely takes money, which is another confusing piece of the puzzle. According to Entertainment Weekly, when James Franco appeared at the Toronto Film Festival, he said, “[The Room] cost $6 million to make … and it looks like it cost about $6. There was an insane billboard in L.A. for like five years that [Wiseau] must have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars alone, and it is the scariest thing you’ve ever seen, with his lazy eye, like, staring at you. It looks like an ad for a cult … But [the advertising] paid off, because [The Room] plays in almost every major city at least once a year. I think we worked it out that he must make half a million or a million dollars a year, or something like that.”

According to The New York Times, Wiseau talked about the film title The Room and he said in a DVD extra interview, "At the time, I thought about a special place, a private place, a place where you can be safe. And it’s not a room, but it’s the room. I thought and I think that a lot of people would relate to it. So the room is a place where you can go, you can have a good time, you have a bad time, and a safe place."

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Nobody is sure what Tommy Wiseau's real net worth is, just like no one is certain about his past. According to Variety.com, the documentary about Wiseau, Room Full of Spoons, said that he comes from Poland, and he was upset as he wanted to keep where he comes from private.

The publication reported that the judge said, “Much of Wiseau’s testimony was simply assertions without more. He avoided answering many questions and complained about the process." The judge also said that Wiseau wasn't there for day one of the court case, and his answers were "self-serving."

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