Dwayne Johnson is a brand in himself. As per Celebrity Net Worth, he is worth $800 million. The actor has starred in films like Black Adam, Jungle Cruise, and more. Not to mention the fact that he has starred in multiple high-grossing franchises like Jumanji and Fast and Furious. A lot of his cinematic successes can be attributed to his business partnership with his ex-wife Dany Garcia.
Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson began a production company called Seven Bucks Productions in 2012 and the films produced by them have grossed more than $3.3 million worldwide. But it surprised many that The Rock was able to have a great business partnership with his ex-wife of all people. However, the two have clarified how they make their unusual relationship work.
The Simultaneous Successes Of Seven Bucks Productions
Seven Bucks Productions was created in 2012 by Dwayne Johnson and his ex-wife Dany Garcia. Both of them are the co-founders and co-owners of the company. As per The Numbers, Seven Bucks Productions has produced 9 tentpole films till now. Black Adam grossed $391 million worldwide, DC League of Super Pets grossed $203 million globally, and Jungle Cruise made $210 worldwide.
Along with this, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw collected $760 million globally. Other films like Fighting With My Family, Skyscraper, and Rampage made $41 million, $304 million, and $427 million worldwide respectively. At last, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle grossed $961 globally. Seven Bucks Productions also produced Netflix’s Red Notice film and the total collections from that are estimated at $173,638.
So overall, the company has made Johnson and Garcia $3.3 billion till now. Its upcoming projects include a Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans film called Red One. But even with all the success, people still question Johnson and Garcia about their unusual business partnership.
Dwayne Johnson And Dany Garcia Address The Weird Remarks They Get
Dwayne Johnson met Dany Garcia in the early 1990s when he was at the University of Miami. The two married in May 1997 and had a daughter, Ava Raine, in November 2021. But they separated in June 2007 and finalized their divorce in 2008. However, despite it all, they remain great friends and business partners.
When The Rock was asked about his unusual partnership with his ex-wife by Oprah Winfrey in a 2020 interview, he explained that marriage wasn’t for them, but business was. He said:
“It was just one of those things where it wasn’t an ugly divorce. It was just… marriage wasn’t in our cards… but we both had an appetite for business and to accomplish things. And we thought, well, what if we continued to do business together?”
In a Marie Claire interview, Garcia gave her side of the story. She explained how she had to overcome societal judgments. But the businesswoman said that she isn’t upset at anyone for having questions about their partnership. Garcia said:
“I did have to overcome judgments like, ‘Wait, is his ex-wife managing him?'(…) People are trying to put you in a category, not in a bad way, but just so they know how to relate. I had to become very comfortable, very quickly, with creating a new paradigm: ‘Yes, I am his manager. Yes, we were once married. Now, let’s go build sh*t together.'”
It doesn’t look like Johnson or Garcia are bothered anymore by these questions. After all, they run a successful business together and their partnership clearly works well for both of them.
Dwayne Johnson’s latest film, Black Adam, is streaming on HBO Max.
Source: Marie Claire, Oprah, and The Numbers
