Forbes have come up with a list of the 10 most profitable actors in Hollywood at the moment, now don’t confuse this list with the most paid actors because this is based on how much money the movie studio makes back for every dollar they paid the actors.
10. Sarah Jessica Parker, $17
When it comes to Sex and the City movies, Sarah Jessica Parker is a great investment. In other movies, not so much. Her 2009 film Did You Hear About the Morgans earned an anemic $85 million at the global box office. Compare that with her two Sex and the City movies, which have earned a total $705 million.
9. Nicolas Cage, $17
Cage makes our list mostly thanks to the 2009 film Knowing, which earned a healthy $184 million on an estimated budget of $50 million. The budget was able to stay low because the producers went with Cage over someone who would have cost much more like Will Smith or Johnny Depp.
8. Johnny Depp, $18
Depp is the rare actor on our list who earns more than almost every actor in Hollywood but still manages to offer a good return on investment. That’s because his films do phenomenally. Alice in Wonderland has earned $1 billion. Public Enemies brought in $215 million. As long as he continues to be a major draw overseas and his films keep performing, Depp will continue to get one of the highest paydays in Hollywood.
7. Meryl Stree, $21
The actress (2008′s most profitable actress) proves again and again that age and gender do not determine box-office draw. Mamma Mia earned $610 million at the global box office. It’s Complicated brought in $220 million. As soon as Streep starts earning the same as her male peers, she’ll likely work her way off of our list.
6. Jennifer Aniston, $21
Another woman on our list: Jennifer Aniston (2007′s most profitable actress). The star makes a surprising appearance in sixth place with a $21 return for every $1 she is paid. (She’s tied with Meryl Streep.) Although one of her included movies, Love Happens, was a huge flop, He’s Just Not that Into You and The Bounty Hunter (with $136 million at the global box office on an estimated budget of $40 million) actually did well.
5. Cate Blanchett, $27
The actress has played the female lead in two recent high-grossing films: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Robin Hood (which brought in $310 million despite a weak opening). In both cases she earned significantly less than her male costars, which is why Blanchett makes our top 10 list while Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt do not.
4. Robert Downey Jr., $33
It wasn’t so long ago that Downey (2008′s most profitable actor) was a Hollywood pariah because of his drug and alcohol problems. That helped shrink his quote when he started his comeback in 2008 with the first Iron Man. Since then he’s starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the past few years, including Sherlock Holmes ($517 million) and Iron Man 2 ($622 million) while his payday has stayed relatively low.
3. Daniel Radcliffe, $61
The Harry Potter movies are the kind of high-budget films that would usually hurt an actor on this list unless he was earning under $10 million total. But Radcliffe lands in third place (with a $61 return for ever dollar he earns) because the films earn so much money. The entire franchise has so far brought in $5.4 billion at the global box office making his growing salary seem like a drop in the bucket.
2. Anne Hathaway, $64
For the sake of our return on investment list, being a woman in Hollywood is a good thing. They tend to earn less so when their films hit, they offer a good return. Hathaway lands so high on our list thanks to Alice in Wonderland. For every dollar she earns studios earn $64 off of her films. Most of that payback is coming from Alice. The Disney 3-D film was a gigantic hit earning $1 billion at the global box office, and Hathaway earned much less than star Johnny Depp. But she also benefits from 2009′s Bride Wars, which was a modest hit earning $115 million at the global box office on a low estimated budget of $30 million.
1. Shia LaBeouf, $81
LaBeouf tops our list for the second year in a row thanks to his relatively low-paid work in high-earning films like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the second Transformers movie. As his box office grows so will his quote, which means it will be harder for him to stay at the top of our list unless his films earn proportionally more money. When LaBeouf starred in the first Transformers movie in 2007, Viacom’s Paramount Studio was able to pay him under $5 million. It had to bump that up considerably for the second film (which earned $833 million in 2009), but LaBeouf still isn’t earning $20 million upfront to star in a picture.
As a result, he offers a great return on investment. For every $1 studios spend on the 24-year-old actor his films return an average $81 of profit. For our list this year LaBeouf also benefits from the fourth Indiana Jones film, which earned $790 million in 2008. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford split the bulk of the profits from that movie leaving LaBeouf as a profitable costar. As the actor’s fame (and box-office earnings) increase he’ll be able to demand more for each film which will hurt his return on investment number unless the films are gigantic blockbusters. That could be the case with the next Transformers movie. LaBeouf was able to ask for more money upfront but because the movie is being filmed in 3-D, it should earn even more than Transformers 2.
source: Hollywood’s Best Actors For The Buck [Forbes]
The official trailer for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” has finally been released along with some new photos.
The final installment from the franchise is going to be split up into two parts, obviously because they want to cash in on the movie even more, the first one will be released on November 19 and the second will be released July 15th 2011.
Yes we are going to have to put up with Potter mania for another whole year. Both parts of the movie will be released in 3D, again because they can cash in more from those expensive ticket sales. But I have to be honest, I would take Harry Potter over the Twilight crap any day of the week. This trailer actually looks really good.
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source: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Trailer! [Allie Is Wired]
For today’s ten best celebrity quotes of the week, we’ve got Jake Pavelka talking about his ex-fiancee Vienna Girardi, Lady Gaga on how she feels when she wakes up in the mornings and Jerry Seinfeld being ticked off about Gaga using his box at the Mets game. Enjoy!
“All my cast members hate me.”
– Tori Spelling, revealing her perception of her former 90210 costars, on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show
“I think it was jealousy that killed us. I can’t call Steven Spielberg and say, ‘Hey, put her in your new movie.’”
– The Bachelor’sJake Pavelka, on breaking up with fiancée Vienna Girardi, to People
“When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, ‘Bitch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.’”
– Lady Gaga, on her daily pep talk, to Rolling Stone
“It’s fair to say that we’re all big fans of Lady Gaga – lame, out-of-it white guys in their mid-50s is her core audience.”
- Jerry Seinfeld, joking about the singer after she flipped the bird at a Mets game while sitting in the comedian’s Citi Field suite
“Every time she has an idea for the wedding that she tells me about, I tell her it’s the same thing I was thinking. It’s all good.”
– Blake Shelton, smooth talking his way through his engagement to fellow country star Miranda Lambert, to People
“Look, I’m salivating. They’re delicious.”
– Salma Hayek, talking up her taste for grasshoppers, a Mexican delicacy, to David Letterman
“I don’t do boys with bands. I only do actors.”
– Miley Cyrus, clarifying her new dating rules, on Live! With Regis and Kelly
“I have thin hair but everyone my age does – unless you’re George Clooney, and you hate those guys.”
– People Country’s hottest guy Tim McGraw, on why he loves his cowboy hats
“It would be a bit of a stretch – but if Jake Gyllenhaal can be the Prince of Persia, I think that I can do that.”
– Megan Fox, on wanting to play Native American character Sarah Rainmaker in Gen 13, to Fox News
“I genuinely thought it was a woman singing.”
– Daniel Radcliffe, on hearing Justin Bieber for the first time, to MTV
What was your favorite celebrity quote from this week? Mine was Jerry Seinfeld’sLady Gaga insult, which he seemingly turned into a joke (albeit for PR purposes, of course).
Harry Pothead Potter star Daniel Radcliffe was allegedly photographed smoking marijuana at a weed part in North London this month according to the Daily Mirror .
Wadia Tazi, who was also at the love leaf party, thrown by a friend of his on-off actress girlfriend Laura O’Toole, said that Daniel laughed his head and kept going around shouting that he loves weed, they also said he was so stoned that he let some girl draw all over his face with a pen (hence the picture).
The snitch said “Daniel was laughing and seemed to find it funny. But he didn’t really look like he knew what was going on. I was surprised by his behavior. He is a kids’ favorite. I’m not sure what his fans will make of it. Daniel looked spaced out and away with the fairies. He didn’t want us to recognize him. When I said he looked like that actor in Lord of the Rings [Elijah Wood], he got a bit funny and said, ‘No, that’s not me’. He looked pretty uncomfortable.”
The mood went from happy to shit quickly though because Laura confronted the Wadia over his cellphone which she believed had footage and pictures of Daniel being high, she said he couldn’t be seen because he had a reputation to protect.
It must be noted that Daniel Radcliffe‘s people released a statement trashing this story, the statement read..
“We categorically deny the allegations regarding Daniel Radcliffe published in today’s Daily Mirror. Daniel does smoke the occasional roll-up cigarette, but he was not doing anything more than this. We are considering our position and will be taking all necessary action in relation to such allegations.â€
I always had a feeling Harry Potter and his friends would be smoking some weed to get them through Hogwarts.
We all know that Jordan is the epitome of classiness but she may have just outdone herself by wearing this costume for this years Halloween.
Jordan aka Katie Price decided to dress up as some kind of horny devil or something while her cross-dressing cage fighter boyfriend Alex Reid forgot to dress up and went out in one of his g-strings, fishnet top, a bra and pair of highheels with some kind of hat on top.
The pair and some of their friends went to the fourth annual BloodLust charity ball for the night, they were joined by these fellow classy people:
(L-R) Emma B went as a vampire, Alicia Douvall as a ghost from the French Revolution, hostess Hofit Golan wore a tiny pink outfit, while socialite Henry Conway was a vampire.
On the other side of town was the Harry Potter cast who went to a bary named Harry’s Bar in Mayfair, their costumes went like this – Rupert Grint dressed up as Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange, Ton Felton as a Ghostbuster, with his girlfriend Jade Olivia looking like a sexy Cruella De Vil and as for the main man himself Daniel Radcliffe .. he carried his costume in a bag thinking nobody would see it but then this picture has popped up.
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source: Alex Reid dons stockings and suspenders as he and Katie Price vamp it up for Halloween [Daily Mail]
The “first time†is hardly ever the best time, but it is always a milestone. Often, this information is a closely guarded secret shared between select friends and lovers, but we’re dealing with celebrities here!
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Angelina Jolie says that she has been a horn dog for a long time, and even recalls making out with boys in nursery school. She lost her virginity at 14 to her first BF, but her lover must not have been very satisfying because after the deed, she began cutting him with a knife. We hope Brad is good in the sack cuz we kinda like having him around.
In Kate Moss: Model of Imperfection, an unauthorized biography, author Katherine Kendall dishes on Kate Moss’ sexcapades. Kendall claims that Moss got hot n’ heavy for the first time in the Bahamas when she was just 14. Kate supposedly went over the book carefully and planned to sue if any details weren’t true, but this little factoid stayed.
When he was 26, nasty pants Randy Spelling (he’s Tori’s loser brother) took 15-year-old Paris Hilton’s virginity. Dude, she wasn’t even legal.
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Sienna Miller gave it up to her first “serious†BF when she was 16. Her mom insisted that they get it on in the house because she didn’t want little Sienna doin’ it outside. Ooookay, we hope her mom at least left the house while the couple had their, er, moment.
Daniel Radcliffe began working his magic in the bedroom at 16. So who was the lucky lady? Well, we don’t know exactly. But she was quite a bit older than him. Daniel said the age difference “wasn’t ridiculous but it would freak some people out.â€
Matthew McConaughey admits that he lost his virginity when he was 15, but he won’t dish on the details. When US Weekly asked him about his first bedroom adventure he said, “None of your business.†C’mon, Matthew. It’s “None of your beeswax.â€
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Badass sexpot Johnny Depp used to play guitar in a rock band called The Flame. Well, things got hot as a flame when, at 13, Depp lost his virginity to a groupie in the back of the band’s van. This seems a bit young. But I guess we would have done the same if presented with Johnny’s johnny.
In a book called Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies? the author claims that Sean Connery began getting it on at the ridiculously young age of 8. Sean says, “I was 8, but I can’t recall with whom.†For some reason, we think he’s lying. Who forgets their first time?
Britney Spears’ virginity has been hotly debated but in her mom’s book, Through the Storm, Lynn Spears capitalizes on her daughter’s fame and dishes all the dirt. She says her daughter did NOT lose her v-card to Justin Timberlake, like everyone thought. Instead, she gave it up to a high school football jock when she was 14. How do you like that Justin? Cry me a river…
Ozzy Osbourne (not pictured) may be crazy and old now, but he was hot stuff when he was younger. He was doin’ it by the time he was 14. Papa obvs doesn’t preach because his daughter, Kelly, ended up losin’ it at 16. Their v-cards aren’t the only thing the Osbournes have trouble holding on to. Their sanity seems to be slipping away too.
source: Early Bird Celebrities Who Lost Their V-Card Young [the frisky]
