Eddie Murphy Tops List of Most Overpaid Actors: Is His Career Over?
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2012/12/05 16:17:55
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Forbes has released a list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood, calculated by comparing the amount the actors were paid for their last three roles with the average return on the investment for the studio. Heading up the list is Eddie Murphy, whose last three films – “Tower Heist,” “A Thousand Words,” and “Imagine That” – were all giant flops, tops the list with a measly $2.30 return on every dollar.
Second is Katherine Heigl, who became very expensive following a string of hits like “Knocked Up,” but has failed to score even a modest hit ever since, with “One for the Money” actually failing to make back its budget.
Finishing off the top five is Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock and Jack Black, with high-profile flops including “How Do You Know,” “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” and “The Big Year.” Do you think Eddie Murphy’s career is over?
Top Opinion
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Jack's Pearl 2012/12/05 16:32:13
There is a plethora of other "actors" who bomb with every footstep and they still go on. Spelling come to mind?
A few will be big hits and overshadow the many duds.
But overpaid and grossly over-rated AWFUL pile of **** award HAS to go to Nicole Kidman. When I heard she'd demanded changes to The Northern Lights, better known in the states as "The Golden Compass" because it sneered at religion and the catholic church in particular, (which was the whole point of the book) and it resulted in the film crashing and burning, I wasn't in the least surprised. What i AM surp[rised about is how she keeps getting work. She's a JONAH. Movies lose money BECAUSE she's in them. Sometimes rescued by her co-stars like Hugh Jackman. (the complete opposite of the obnoxious Kidman)
Eddie Murphy is wonderman in comparison.
This man is too great!!!
His stand-up routines were horrible though. How far can you milk laughter with the "F" word? Com to think of it..., How dumb do you have to be to think it's funny every time you hear it?
should his career wind down soon? = YES
Also: Pg 13:
It'd be nice if money from films was more evenly distributed amongst those who made the film though.
The fact is, there many over the hill in the Hollywood crowd that don't know it is time to hang it up. About the only guy still around that can act and his pushing 80 in Eastwood. One that should hang it up is Sly. No more rocky or Rambo, PLEASE, its embarrassing. Another guy, sad to say because I like him is Arnold. He stumbed through his last action flick and did minor bits only.
Personal preference though.