Meet Hollywood's Most Overpaid Celebrities

Thinking about the dire condition in our economy, you can result in the situation that each superstar today is overpaid. However, that also means you will find some stars who're more overpaid than the others. Fortunately, the great folks at Forbes have put together a listing addressing this case. To get this done, they first required the 40 greatest-generating stars in Hollywood, then chose those who had a minimum of three movies previously 5 years which opened up in additional than 500 theaters (films that opened up after May 1, 2011 didn't count, nor did animated features because "the heavens aren't truly the draw"). After producing box office receipts, actors's earnings, and much more, Forbes emerged with a listing that featured the return each movie got with regards to every $1 these were compensated. So, who wound up making their email list? 1. Came Barrymore (Films return $.40 for each $1 she's compensated) 2. Eddie Murphy (Films return $2.70 for each $1 he's compensated) 3. Will Ferrell (Films return $3.50 for each $1 he's compensated) 4. Reese Witherspoon (Films return $3.55 for each $1 she's compensated) 5. Denzel Washington (Films return $4.25 for each $1 he's compensated) Works out Came Barrymore is easily the most overpaid superstar in Hollywood by, like, a great deal. Eddie Murphy is not an enormous surprise, thinking about his latter movies, 'Imagine That' and 'Meet Dork,' completely bombed in the box office. (Hopefully he is able to turn that around with 'Tower Heist' opening a few days ago.) For another three, we guess individuals aren't gigantic shocks have you see 'Land from the Lost'? The Universal boss behind that certain hated it! To look into the full list mind on to Forbes. [via Forbes] [Photo: Getty] The Very Best Movies of 2011 25. 'Captain America: The Very First Avengerཔ. 'Beginnersན. 'Warriorདྷ. 'The Interruptersད. 'Hannaཐ. 'Take Shelterཏ. 'Ides of Marchཎ. 'Horrible Bossesཌྷ. 'Win Winཌ. 'Margin Callཋ. 'Crazy, Stupid, Loveཊ. 'Martha Marcy May Marleneཉ. 'Tree of Existence཈. 'Attack the Blockཇ. 'X-Males: Top Classཆ. 'The HelpƏ. 'RangoƎ. 'Super 8ƍ. 'Rise from the Planet from the Apesƌ. 'Midnight in ParisƋ. 'MoneyballƊ. ཮/50Ɖ. 'Driveƈ. 'Deathly Hallows, Part IIƇ. 'Bridesmaids' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook