Inside Joey King's Net Worth in 2023 and Her 'Kissing Booth' Salary

Ever wonder how much Joey King got paid to star in The Kissing Booth movies? Same. Especially since she had to act alongside her literal ex-boyfriend in the process. While it looks like The Kissing Booth is responsible for a big chunk of Joey’s total net worth (yay), her wallet is about to explode thanks to a million super-buzzy projects coming her way in 2022 plus a lucrative deal with Netflix. Time to break down Joey’s $ while simultaneously having a literal breakdown about all our life choices, naturally.

Joey’s Been Working Since She Was a Kid

While the rest of us were busy annoying our parents and experimenting with baggy shirts over leggings, Joey was out here building up her net worth. Like, Celebrity Net Worth reports that by the time Joey was 6, she’d appeared in more than 100 commercials. QQ: How were you helping support your family at the age of 6? By generously choosing not to throw a tantrum when TV time ended? Again, same!

Aside from commercial work, Joey’s also had big and small roles in a bunch of TV shows and movies—including The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Malcolm in the Middle, Entourage, CSI, Ramona and Beezus, New Girl, and even movies like Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Dark Knight Rises. But obviously, Joey was on everyone’s radar after The Kissing Booth, and her critically acclaimed big break happened in The Act (she was nommed for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe, NBD 💅).

The Kissing Booth Made Her a Ton of Money

A big chunk of Joey’s net worth is attributed to Netflix, mostly thanks to The Kissing Booth. Here’s the thing though: Netflix doesn’t reveal what it pays talent. But! There are some reports to pull from. We know Ryan Reynolds made $20 million for Netflix’s film Red Notice and Jennifer Lawrence made $25 million for Don’t Look Up. However, these were huge movies with super A-list casts, whereas Joey was *relatively* unknown when The Kissing Booth came out. Given what we know about her net worth (which we’ll get to in a sec), it would make sense if she were paid around $1 million to $2 million for this franchise. (But keep in mind that Joey executive produced the final Kissing Booth movie, which means she got paid extra for that one.)

She’s About to Make Even More Money From Netflix

Joey signed a “first look deal” with Netflix in summer 2021, which basically means that she’ll produce and develop movies for the streaming giant under her production company, All the King’s Horses. Deadline reports that she’s one of the youngest creatives to strike a deal like this and it could be huge.

“My relationship with Netflix started five years ago with me in a state of disbelief that I was getting to lead one of their first original YA films. That feeling of amazement and disbelief of working with them has only grown,” Joey said in a statement. “I am honored to have a first look deal with a company that changed my life and lifts me up in my journey in growing as a producer. I’ve always had a lot of ideas and opinions, but now I have an outlet for those ideas and with a company that couldn’t be more collaborative. I can’t wait for us to make some movie magic happen.”

Lest We Forget her latest movies?

Oh, yeah— Joey also starred in Bullet Train alongside Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Sandra Bullock, Logan Lerman, and Bad Bunny (so, pretty much all my celeb crushes in one place). She reportedly made $700,000 from the project and honestly? Love that for her.

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The Princess—which follows Joey as a sword-wielding princess who'd honestly thrive in the Die Hard cinematic universe—dropped on Hulu in 2022. No major outlets have reported on her exact salary from the flick, but since she allegedly did 80-90% of her own stunts, I'm willing to bet she made a pretty penny.

Joey's Also Starred in a Few Music Videos

A healthy reminder that Joey was in a Taylor Swift music video as a kid:

Aaand she starred in another one alongside Taylor Lautner in our good year 2023. Iconic!!!!

"I was so honored that she wanted to have me back for the Speak Now (Taylor's Version) era, because all those years ago, being part of the 'Mean' music video was so special and so formative for me," Joey told People in August 2023. "And now, coming back for this, and the video meaning of us breaking the Speak Now Taylor out of the vault, is so special."

That being said, Medium reports that music video actors typically make anywhere between $200 and $1,200 a day— but I'm willing to bet that Golden Globe Nominee Joey King made way more from working with TayTay.

She Has a Ton of Major Projects Coming Up

Of course, Joey has a few projects in the pipeline thanks to her partnership with Netflix. One of those new movies is Uglies, which she’s starring in alongside Chase Stokes and Laverne Cox.

...And She Just Married Filmmaker Steven Piet

Joey just tied the knot with filmmaker Steven Piet at their stunning wedding in Spain. Steven's racked up his own wealth over the years, and according to HITC, his net worth is estimated to be around $16 million.

So, What Is Joey King’s Total Net Worth?

That’d be $4 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth—but expect this to go waaay up by the end of 2023 when her slate of upcoming projects hits theaters. Plus, on top of earning income from films, TV, and executive producing, Joey has done brand endorsements with pretty big companies like Urban Decay, all of which add to her growing net worth.