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How Much Money Is at Stake in the Brangelina Divorce?

 

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. (Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AFI) 

 

Divorce is an ugly word — but when loads of money is at stake, it can get even uglier. Enter the latest Hollywood spouses to check out of their union: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. While the Internet is still reeling from the news that this golden couple is calling it quits, speculation is rising as to just what’s at stake considering the enormous wealth between them. The answer, however, may surprise you.

 

As a quick refresher in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade, Brad and Angie (as we like to call them) met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. He was still married to Jennifer Aniston at the time, but that didn’t last long. Aniston filed for divorce in 2005, and shortly thereafter, Brad and Angelina went public with their love by vacationing in Kenya. Since then, they’ve been busy: In between making movies, they’ve adopted three children — Maddox (now 15), Pax (now 12), and Zahara (now 11) — and had three biological children: Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. They also bought and renovated a villa in the French countryside, where they make their own famous (affordable!) rosé. And in August 2014, they finally made it official by getting married.

 

But the important note here is the last one. While the stars have been a couple for nearly 12 years, they have been husband and wife for only two — and, based on California divorce laws, this means that nothing really “counts” in terms of wealth acquisition beyond the past 26 months. According to Forbes, they’ve earned a combined $117.5 million since that date, though Pitt contributed $76.5 million of that total, placing him far ahead of her in the earnings. (Though she was raising six kids at the same time.)

 

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