Are they worth their price-tag?

[Jonesy]

Forbes has published this year's top ten Hollywood earners:

1. Johnny Depp - $50 million
2. Ben Stiller - $38 million
3. Tom Hanks - $30 million
4. Adam Sandler $26.6 million
5. Leonardo DiCaprio $18 million
6. Daniel Radcliffe $16 million
7. Robert Downey Jnr $14.6 million
8. Tom Cruise $14.6 million
9. Brad Pitt $13 million
10.George Clooney $12.6 million

Are any of them worth their price-tag? Or is, as so often seems to be the case, the real talent being ignored by the stuidos and producers? Presumably Pitt needs his pay cheque just to keep all his sprogs in gummy bears.

[MrSilly]

DiCaprio, Downey Jr and Clooney are the only ones that I'd consider having any real screen presence nowadays (Pitt is hit and miss), but not enough to justify that amount of dosh. Mind you, how much of that money is made from various advertising gigs? I know DiCaprio is advertising some fancy watches (seen posters of it around where I live) and Clooney did those Martini ads a few years back, I'd find it unlikely that all of those people haven't sold their image to plug something.

[LastHazza]

Suprised Ben Stiller is such a high earner. Especially doing 'little' films like Greenberg.
You have to remember too that some actors opt to take a share of the film profits, including DVD sales. DiCaprio stands to make $50 million dollars from Inception alone. Gotta say he's worth it though, he's a part of why Inception was such a success. As a result of making good film choices over the last couple of years, he's now a bankable star.

[snakeplissken]

As soon as Potter is over, expect Radcliffe to disappear from such lists, there's not nearly as much money in getting your todger out on stage whilst talking about horses*


*That's the play Equus, not what he does at weekends.

[morris]

Originally Posted by snakeplissken

*That's the play Equus, not what he does at weekends.

How do you know it's not what he does at weekends, plisskin?

[jaykays hat]

DiCaprio should be no1 on the list, he is a better actor than Depp.

[Kiba.]

Originally Posted by jaykays hat

DiCaprio should be no1 on the list, he is a better actor than Depp.

I agree. I guess it is partially down to the type of film they each go for. DiCaprio tends to go for intelligent serious films, whereas Depp, after years of alternating between mainstream and independent films has fully embraced becoming Mr Blockbuster.

[snakeplissken]

Originally Posted by morris

How do you know it's not what he does at weekends, plisskin?

Ha, touche - In fact, if he does do this at weekends I suspect he could actually charge joe public a pretty penny to go and listen to his ramblings.

That's if he has nothing better to do mind, like ingesting copious amounts of drugs and bedding nubile Hollywood starlets...

[LastHazza]

Originally Posted by Kiba.

I agree. I guess it is partially down to the type of film they each go for. DiCaprio tends to go for intelligent serious films, whereas Depp, after years of alternating between mainstream and independent films has fully embraced becoming Mr Blockbuster.

I think the problem for Depp, is that if he likes the director he'll do the film. So of course he does every Tim Burton film that comes his way and that Michael Mann film. Unfortunately, these last few efforts by these directors arent quite as good. I think Leo is more interested in the overall project than Depp, though I'm pretty sure he'd do anything Scorcese told him to.

And then there's The Pirates of the Carribean. That's just money in the bank for Depp, I guess.

[Punchbowl]

Nobody deserves that kind of money unless they're saving lives or risking their own.