Adam Sandler, Johnny Depp and Ryan Reynolds Named Most Overpaid Actors of 2014

Comedian at the top of the list won the not-so-prestigious honor last year as well

By Lily Harrison Dec 23, 2014 6:24 PMTags
Adam Sandler, Johnny Depp, Ryan ReynoldsVera Anderson/WireImage, Barry King/FilmMagic, George Pimentel/WireImage

This is one of those lists that you don't really want to see your name on twice, amirite?

Adam Sandler landed at the top of Forbes' list for the top ten most overpaid actors after taking home the not-so-awesome honors last year.

According to their calculations, the Saturday Night Live alum did manage to do well with his last movie, Grown Ups 2, but it wasn't enough to cover the costs of Jack and Jill and That's My Boy—which were both box office blows.

Next up on the unfortunate list is none other than Johnny Depp, who despite starring in several hit films over the last few years, seems to be a bit of a wildcard in terms of box office success.

Depp's The Pirates of the Caribbean movies have earned a whopping $3.7 billion worldwide, but he's also been largely overcompensated for Dark Shadows and The Lone Ranger, which didn't perform nearly as well.

Ben Stiller and Ryan Reynolds rounded out the top four spots with their less-than-stellar last few years on the big screen.

No. 5 on the list may also come as a surprise—Tom Hanks!

The Oscar winner returned $5.20 for every $1 he was paid, but his latest film, Cloud Atlas, cost a staggering $63 million to produce and didn't quite yield amazing results.

But, to be fair, it did earn $463 million around the globe so we can't exactly label the flick a flop.

Will Ferrell, Channing Tatum, Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck all came in in the second half of the list—which is startling given their popularity and praised films in recent years.

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