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Top 10 overpaid actors 2012



1 - Eddie Murphy, $2.30 box office takings for every $1 earned

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



http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/20605312



I cant actually disagree too much with that - I dont think I have seen a decentish Nick Cage Movie since Birdy( decent-ish all things considerd ).I have no idea who Katherine Heigl is...

Please edit that first line El Pibe, it's not funny (although I don't think you mean to be genuinely offensive).


All I was trying to illustrate is why Eddie Murphy is so highly paid. Most top stars are on some kind of points system in addition to up front fees that give them a share of the profits. We can debate the value of one actor over another, especially in a 'brand' kind of movie like Shrek. But studios tend to stick with what they think works, and that includes an A list of actors they consider to be bankable. Even the BBC does that. If you are producing a one off drama for them them you have to use a certian quota of actors from their A list.

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