Tuesday
22Jul
Vince Vaughn: Hollywood's Best Investment?
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 3:17PM 
Forbes has calculated which stars provide the
most bang for the buck, and there's a real surprise at number one:
Vince Vaughn tops the magazine's Ultimate Star
Payback list, which takes the performance of an actor's last three films and
factors in his or her salary to determine which stars are the best values and
which are the biggest wastes of money.Last year's
best value was
Matt Damon, but he slipped to sixth place
because he earned so much for The Bourne Ultimatum. For the second
straight year,
Nicole Kidman is the worst investment.
According to Forbes, which released the list as part
of its Entertainment All Stars special issue, Vaughn's movies made nearly
$15 for every dollar he was paid as the above-the-title star. I guess that even
counts Fred Claus, astonishingly. Vaughn makes a pretty healthy salary,
but overall, his movies don't cost all that much to make, so the math is pretty
simple.
Tobey Maguire came in second place and
Julia Roberts was third.
George Clooney and
Brad Pitt are also worthwhile investments, but
Will Ferrell and
Jim Carrey rank among the biggest siphons in
the industry, with their films struggling in some cases to earn $10 for every
dollar the actor receives.This is somewhat
surprising, because with the exception of Semi-Pro, Ferrell's movies have
done very well over the past few years, so he must be raking it in.Many thanks to The Hollywood Reporter for their coverage of this story.
Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Lists, Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Vince Vaughn | Print Article | Email Article | 1 Comment
Reader Comments (1)
Please! After 1/20 I thought I was done being embarrassed as an American!