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.
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