11/23/2009

Forbes' List of Most Overpaid Movie Stars

Money is their bag over at Forbes magazine, and the have published the latest installment of their annual list of Hollywood stars whose salary least boosts their respective project's bottom line.
In other words, how much has each of their last three films combined brought in for every dollar of salary they received? Here are the 10 main culprits with their per-salary-dollar-draw in parentheses:

1. Will Ferrell ($3.29)
2. Ewan McGregor ($3.75)
3. Billy Bob Thornton ($4.00)
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)