Most overpaid actors in Hollywood – In Hollywood, an actor is only as valuable as his or her return on investment. If a studio pumps millions of dollars into a movie, you can bet that they’re going to hire a bankable star in hopes of quadrupling what they’ve dished out at the box office.
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Actors can build a lengthy career starring in successful films – but all it takes is one or two flops for studio executives to start thinking twice before offering them their next role. Add a few more failures onto that number, and they’re pretty much deemed untouchable. That chain of events is usually how most actors’ careers end, but given that there are always exceptions to the rule – we’ve compiled a list of ten of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood who are still being offered roles today.
The majority of these actors were once wildly popular and contributed to significant box office hits at some point in their careers before signing on to star in flops. As such, they charge exorbitant fees to appear in movies and won’t settle for less than what they think they deserve. The studios, remembering the actor’s past successes, convince themselves that paying them millions of dollars could be justified eventually if the film becomes a hit and grosses billions of dollars worldwide. But more often than not, the movie earns just four or five times what the studios have paid the actor – and that’s not taking into account the cost of production.
Below, we’ve listed some of the most overpaid actors of all time. Some of the movies they’ve starred in have been deemed so unpopular that the financing studio has earned absolutely nothing on what was produced!
10. Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy and Hollywood have a tumultuous relationship. His career has been equal part hit and miss – the actor has starred in huge successes like Beverly Hills Cop and The Nutty Professor franchises as well as Shrek, but he’s also acted in movies like A Thousand Words and Norbit. 2002’s The Adventures of Pluto Nash was one of the most expensive flops of all time, earning just $7 million in the box office! For every $1 Eddie Murphy has charged, his films have earned just $2.70. Combining his earnings with an at times questionable personality, it’s safe to say that Hollywood has kept Murphy at arm’s length as of late.
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