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Drew Barrymore's bad ROI for film industry, tops Forbes list
By April MacIntyre Nov 3, 2011, 22:22 GMT
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The good people at Forbes number crunched box office receipts and take home pay of a large swath of stars, and some Hollywood royalty came up the top of the list of overpaid actors
Drew Barrymore is the most overpaid actor in Hollywood, according to Forbes.com.
The criteria from Forbes was each had to have starred in at least three movies in the past five years that opened in more than 500 theaters.
According to Forbes.com, Barrymore films returned just 40 cents for every dollar the studios spent on her.
On her heels is Eddie Murphy. Will Ferrell is third with a $3.50 return for every $1 he was paid. Taking it on the chin is Reese Witherspoon - coming in fourth and returns $3.55 for every dollar she gets paid. Denzel Washington finished in fifth place.
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