Hollywood's power brokers: Titans of tinseltown

Illustration : John Ueland for Forbes

Movie stars get all the glory, but those whose fame is largely off-camera command bigger fortunes. These are the ten wealthiest moguls with at least 60 percent of their net worth tied to their entertainment ventures. Roll the footage:1. Rupert Murdoch 21ST CENTURY FOX($12.5 BILLION) Film division had a great 2014, with boffo box office of $5.5 billion and a Best Picture Oscar for Birdman.2. Sumner Redstone VIACOM($5.2 BILLION) The 92-year-old still chairs Viacom, home to MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.3. George Lucas LUCASFILM($5.1 BILLION) Sold his company to Disney for $4 billion in 2012 consulted on upcoming Star Wars instalment.4. Isaac Perlmutter MARVEL($4 BILLION) Scored huge with Iron Man and Avengers 2, though this summer’s Fantastic Four was a debacle.5. Steven Spielberg DREAMWORKS($3.6 BILLION) Executive-produced Jurassic World reboot directed this fall’s Cold War flick Bridge of Spies.6. Haim Saban UNIVISION($3.5 BILLION) Chairs the top Spanish-language tv network, for which an IPO is likely this autumn.7. Oprah Winfrey OWN/HARPO($3 BILLION) Cable network OWN enjoys soaring ratings film imprint Harpo co-produced critical darling Selma.8. Reed Hastings NETFLIX($1.6 BILLION) Running rings around cable with streaming video and original hits, including House of Cards.9. Brian Roberts COMCAST($1.4 BILLION) Assets include Universal Pictures, NBC News and Sports, Telemundo and theme parks.10. Thomas Tull LEGENDARY PICTURES($1 BILLION) See below. Image: Kevin Winter / Getty Images

Ten-Figure Action HeroMovie producer Thomas Tull’s skyrocketing net worth gets two thumbs up

When Jurassic World rampaged to a record $209 million opening weekend in July, one of the biggest beneficiaries was its 45-year-old co-executive producer, Thomas Tull. Founder and CEO of Legendary Pictures, Tull had a hand in the Dark Knight trilogy, the Hangover series, Interstellar and Godzilla. Their success has helped push Legendary’s valuation above $3.5 billion and Tull’s net worth to $1 billion.

Tull was born in Binghamton, New York and raised in modest circumstances by a single mother. After college, he started a chain of laundromats and later bought several tax-preparation businesses before heading to a venture capital firm in North Carolina. In 2001 he landed a gig at the Convex Group, an Atlanta-based media content distribution firm, eventually becoming its president.