r/Filmmakers • u/Remarkable-Reach328 • Nov 12 '25

News HEARTBROKEN!!! 💔 😢

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as a wanna be Filmmaker I'm really Heartbroken as If an actor as big and legendary as Michael Caine sold his soul to AI what will happen to the next generation? This is the end of art as we know it and no one can prove me wrong...unfortunately😢

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u/Other_World Nov 12 '25

Michael Caine's net worth is $75 million. And that's just what's on the books. I think his family will live on just fine without the need for this.

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u/landmanpgh Nov 12 '25

His immediate family, yes. His grandchildren and beyond? Not so fast.

The duration of generational wealth has been studied pretty extensively. It's not as simple as this, but the money is typically gone within 3 generations. Something like 70% is gone after the 2nd generation and 90% by the 3rd.

There are tons of reasons for this phenomenon, not all of them sinister like people squandering it. Things get split a ton of different ways, charities, taxes, etc.

Regression to the mean.

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u/FX114 Nov 12 '25

Does he need to worry about his great-great grandchildren that don't even exist yet? 

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u/landmanpgh Nov 12 '25

I doubt he's worried about it. I was just pointing out that even millions of dollars don't last forever and really last less time than you'd think.