Depp Once Again Tops Most Overpaid Actors List

Second year in a row for Depp.

By Jim Vejvoda

Johnny Depp has topped Forbes' list of Hollywood's most overpaid actors for the second year in a row.

The actor, who starred in Disney's big summer flop Alice Through the Looking Glass, returned $2.80 for each $1 he was paid, according to Forbes' Top 10 list.

Forbes compiled their list of the 10 most overpaid actors by analyzing the last three major live-action films (released on at least 2,000 screens) prior to June 2016, calculated the operating income of said films and then divided that by the actor's salary for those films to calculate the final return on investment.

Depp was followed on Forbes' list by Will Smith, who weathered the box office disappointments Concussion and Focus before this past summer's hit Suicide Squad.

Forbes' top 10 most overpaid actors are:

• 1. Johnny Depp, returns $2.80 for each $1 paid
• 2. Will Smith, returns $5 for each $1 paid
• 3. Channing Tatum, returns $6 for each $1 paid
• 4. Will Ferrell, returns $6.50 for each $1 paid
• 5. George Clooney, returns $6.70 for each $1 paid
• 6. Adam Sandler, returns $7.60 for each $1 paid
• 7. Mark Wahlberg, returns $9.20 for each $1 paid
• 8. Leonardo DiCaprio, returns $9.90 for each $1 paid
• 9. Julia Roberts, returns $10.80 for each $1 paid
• 10. Bradley Cooper, returns $12.10 for each $1 paid

Depp will next be seen onscreen in 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales.

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