Forbes’ top 10 most overpaid actors in Hollywood 2015

Johnny Depp has been named the most overpaid
movie star in Hollywood by Forbes magazine
after posting a string of box office turkeys.
Depp, one of the highest-paid actors on the planet
with estimated annual earnings of $30m (£20m),
returned just $1.20 for every $1 he was paid
according to the financial magazine’s metric.
His poor position is due to the financial failure of
movies such as Mortdecai, Transcendence and
The Lone Ranger, all of which bombed at the box
office on the back of derisive reviews. The Lone
Ranger was the biggest turkey, with studio Disney
estimated to have lost upwards of $150m on the
western, but comedy Mortdecai pulled in just
$47.4m at the global box office against a
production budget of $60m alone, and sci-fi
thriller Transcendence only just recouped its
$100m production costs, with marketing and
other expenses likely to have put the film well
into the red.
All 10 actors on the “most overpaid” list are male.
1. Johnny Depp: $1.20 per $1
2. Denzel Washington: $6.50 per $1
3. Will Ferrell: $6.80 per $1
4. Liam Neeson: $7.80 per $1
5. Will Smith: $8.60 per $1
6. Christian Bale: $9.20 per $1
7. Channing Tatum: $10.80 per $1
8. Brad Pitt: $12.00 per $1
9. Ben Affleck: $12.30 per $1
10. Tom Cruise: $13.60 per $1