Most Overpaid Actor Revealed: Adam Sandler Granted Forbes’ Award Two Consecutive Years
Adam Sandler was named the most overpaid Hollywood actor of the year for two years in a row by Forbes Magazine. The comedian beat out actors Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks, the magazine revealed on Tuesday
"We estimate that for every $1 Sandler was paid, he returned an average of $3.20," said Forbes reported by the New York Daily News.
Sandler's $3.20 was the lowest return on investment out of all the actors that the magazine focused on. Sandler's most recent film, "Grown Ups 2" made a whopping $246 million globally. However, this amount of money could not make up for Sandler's other two movies, "Jack and Jill" and "That's My Boy" that flopped in the box office.
Coming in second on the list was Depp, who returned an average of $4.10 per dollar paid. Depp's recent movies, "The Long Ranger" and "Dark Shadows" did not do so well in the global box offices.
The top five after Sandler and Depp included comedian Ben Stiller with an average $4.80 return, Ryan Reynolds with a $4.90 return and Hanks with a $5.20 return.
Only one female star made it on the top 10 list: Sandra Bullock came in at number nine. However, the magazine noted that Bullock's average return on investment per dollar would not be categorized as overpaid by traditional Hollywood standards.
In order to compile this ranking, Forbes estimated the paychecks of some of Hollywood's biggest stars as well as the budget and revenue of at least three of the their films. The actors all starred in their respective films prior to June 2014.
"We then look at the budget and revenue for each film (using numbers from Box Office Mojo and other sources) to come up with operating income. We add together the total compensation for each star on the three movies and the operating income from each movie and then divide to come up with the final return on investment number," the magazine wrote.
Forbes left out animated and limited release films and movies from these estimations.
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