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The most overpaid actors in Hollywood

December 6, 2012 by admin

After a string of flops such as Imagine That, A Thousand Words and Meet Dave, Eddie Murphy has found himself in the unenviable position of being named ‘Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actor’, topping Forbes magazine’s list of low-to-no-value-for-money A-listers.

The magazine has gathered box office data for the last three non-animation movies for each actor over the previous three years and divided this by their upfront and backend fees to calculate a “return on investment” number, which shows how much a studio earns for each dollar invested.

According to this formula, Murphy has made $2.30 for every $1 he’s been paid – in fairness, that’s still a pretty healthy profit, and probably goes some way to explaining how Murphy is still finding work, despite the fact he’s only made a couple of decent films since his heyday in the 1980s.

Here’s the top ten in full…

1. Eddie Murphy – $2.30
2. Katherine Heigl – $3.40
3. Reese Witherspoon – $3.90
4. Sandra Bullock – $5
5. Jack Black – $5.20
6. Nicolas Cage – $6
7. Adam Sandler – $6.30
8. Denzel Washington – $6.30
9. Ben Stiller – $6.50
10. Sarah Jessica Parker – $7

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