Eddie Murphy Named Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actor By FORBES

Forbes has released its annual list of Hollywood’s most overpaid actors and right at the top of the list is former Midas of the box office, Eddie Murphy.

Forbes work it out like this, if you take out Murphy’s voice role in the latest Shrek movie, Shrek Forever After, and the worldwide gross of Murphy’s last three live-action films – Imagine That, Tower Heist and A Thousand Words you get a box office total of $196.3 million.

His early ’80s run of the hits 48 Hours., Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop, hauled in$316.3 million back when a ticket cost a fraction of the admission price today.

Forbes estimates that for every dollar Murphy was paid for his last three films, he returned just $2.30 at the box office.

Following Murphy on the list is Katherine Heigl, who suffered  huge flop with One for the Money, which failed to earn back its estimated $40-million production cost at the box office by three million.

Oscar-winners Reese Witherspoon and Sandra Bullock came in at three and four, respectively, on the list, with Jack Black making it five.

The next five are Nicolas Cage, Adam Sandler, Denzel Washington, Ben Stiller and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Murphy’s career seemed to be on the ascendent again with a 2007 best supporting actor Oscar nomination for Dreamgirls and an announcement that he would host the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony.

But he dropped out of the hosting gig after producer Tower Heist director Brett Ratner left, and hasn’t enjoyed a hit since.

source: DailyMail.co.uk