Bruce Willis and Demi Moore divorced after 12 years, 11 months of marriage. The settlement was reportedly about $90M. See the full timeline.
Figures are reported estimates. Last updated Oct 2026.
Remained famously close friends and co-parents after the divorce.
Bruce Willis, the star of Die Hard, and Demi Moore, the actress known for Ghost and A Few Good Men, met at a screening in 1987 and married within a few months, on 21 November 1987, in Las Vegas. They became one of the most famous couples in Hollywood, and the marriage lasted 13 years. The couple had three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. Both stars were rising at the time they married, and both went on to become among the best-paid actors of the 1990s.
Willis's career took off with the television series Moonlighting, and he became a global action star after Die Hard (1988). He starred in a string of box-office successes, including Pulp Fiction and The Sixth Sense, and became one of the highest-grossing actors in film. Moore achieved fame in the early 1990s and, in 1996, became the first woman in Hollywood to earn a fee of $12.5 million for a film, Striptease. The couple also owned property, including a ranch in Idaho, and both earned considerable sums during the marriage.
The couple married in 1987, and their careers soared in the years that followed. They announced their separation in June 1998 and the divorce was finalized in October 2000, after about 13 years. Willis later married Emma Heming in 2009, and the couple have two daughters. The former couple remained on good terms and appeared together at family events, and in later years Moore and Heming were publicly supportive of Willis following his diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia.
Reports said that the settlement was about $90 million, although the figure was not confirmed. The couple were reported to have reached an agreement without a bitter dispute, and they arranged shared custody of their three daughters. The two kept a close relationship and were known for continuing to behave as a family unit after the divorce, which was unusual among celebrity couples with this level of wealth.
Both Willis and Moore had been earning very high fees in the 1990s, and the marriage lasted long enough for a significant fortune to be accumulated. As with other California divorces, the assets earned during the marriage were treated as shared property. In this case, though, both parties earned large sums in their own right, so the sum paid reflects a division of a large joint estate and not a payment from one wealthy spouse to a dependent one.
Both stars kept their careers. Willis continued to make blockbuster films for two more decades, and Moore appeared in films and later television. The pair also had joint property, including homes in Idaho and New York, which were divided as part of the settlement. Willis's later retirement from acting for health reasons brought the former couple together publicly.
The Willis and Moore divorce is an example of an amicable high-value split, unlike the more public conflicts such as those of Mel Gibson or Heather Mills. It is often cited as a model of how to divorce well, and the way the family remained close afterwards is rare among Hollywood couples. Moore's later marriage to Ashton Kutcher is also part of this list.
Willis and Moore married in Las Vegas, and Moore's 1996 fee for Striptease made headlines. The family stayed close, and Moore has spoken warmly of Willis in interviews. The reported $90 million figure is an estimate.
Demi Moore's reported settlement was about $90 million.
They married in 1987 and divorced in 2000, a marriage of roughly 13 years.
No prenuptial agreement was reported.
Yes, the family is reported to include 3 children.
Reported assets include: Idaho estate, Los Angeles properties, film royalties.
Both Willis and Moore had been earning very high fees in the 1990s, and the marriage lasted long enough for a significant fortune to be accumulated. As with other California divorces, the assets earned during the marriage were treated as shared property.