The number crunchers at Rich People Monthly Forbes have consulted their antique crystal balls/oversized novelty calculators to determine the Hollywood A-Listers who give you the most bang for your buck – you being a frugal Hollywood executive and buck being somewhere in the vicinity of 10-15 million dollars. Ha! Rich people!
Calculating actors’ average return on investment using “data
gathered from our Celebrity 100 research and Box Office Mojo to
calculate how much, on average, each star’s last three films earned at
the box office per dollar of pay”, the list-prone finance oracles deemed Oscar winner and person we would very much consider sawing a limb off to share a candle lit dinner with, Natalie Portman, as the most profitable star in Hollywood, returning an average of $42.70 for each dollar she received for roles in Black Swan, No Strings Attached and Your Highness.
Stone faced homewrecker Kristen Stewart placed second, followed by Shia LaBeouf, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe and Taylor Lautner, making up the “not bankable themselves but starred in a ridiculously profitable movie franchise” portion of the list which pretty much makes it invalid. Oh well, here’s the top ten anyway…
1. Natalie Portman — Returns $42.70 for every $1 paid
2. Kristen Stewart — Returns $40.60 for every $1 paid
3. Shia LaBeouf — Returns $35.80 for every $1 paid
4. Robert Pattinson — Returns $31.70 for every $1 paid
5. Daniel Radcliffe — Returns $30.50 for every $1 paid
6. Taylor Lautner — Returns $29.50 for every $1 paid
7. Bradley Cooper — Returns $25 for every $1 paid
8. Dwayne Johnson — Returns $22.70 for every $1 paid
9. Amy Adams — Returns $22.60 for every $1 paid
10. Kevin James — Returns $22.40 for every $1 paid
