According to a new Forbes magazine annual list, if your a Hollywood producer looking for the most bang for your buck, in hiring a movie actor, Shia LaBeouf is the man to choose, while Will Ferrell should be avoided for now. LaBeouf has been named Forbes’ Best Actor for the Buck – for every dollar he pockets for a film, his movies earn an average of $160. Meanwhile Ferrell Tops the Most Overpaid as Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Star, according to Forbes researchers estimating his films earn just $3.29 for every dollar he takes home. To qualify for Forbes’ Most Overpaid Stars list, each actor had to have starred in at least three movies over the last five years that opened in more than 500 theaters, so it’s more than just a question of having your last movie bomb. Forbes then applies a formula that calculated the actor’s estimated salary on each film, including DVD and TV sales, compared to the film’s total revenues. So for Ferrell it seems more a trend that people are growing tired of his schtick, with his last big movies, “Land of the Lost,” “Semi-Pro”, and “Step Brothers” seen as disappointments. Highly paid Ewan McGregor, along with Billy Bob Thornton, Eddie Murphy and Ice Cube round out the top five overpaid stars, while Tom Cruise, Drew Barrymore, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Jim Carrey are in the top 10, of actors who cost more to hire than they appear to be worth at box offices. I am quite surprised that DiCaprio is in this list and not at all surprised about Eddie Murphy frankly. On the top of the best actor list following LaBeouf, are Robert Downey Jr., Christian Bale and Dennis Quaid. Here’s the bottom ten, with the full list at the Forbes Web site.
Forbes 10 Most Overpaid Stars were;
1. Will Ferrell ($3.29)
2. Ewan McGregor ($3.75)
3. Billy Bob Thornton ($4)
4. Eddie Murphy ($4.43)
5. Ice Cube ($4.77)
6. Tom Cruise ($7.18)
7. Drew Barrymore ($7.43)
8. Leonardo DiCaprio ($7.52)
9. Samuel Jackson ($8.59)
10. Jim Carrey ($8.62)
