A new Forbes list shows that in 2015, the average return on each dollar Depp was paid to star in a film was just $1.20. 

 

The time period for the calculation was between July 2014 and June 2015: incorporating the aforementioned Mortdecai - described as by the Telegraph's Robbie Collin as the mort de cinema - but unfortunately excluding Depp's more successful recent film Black Mass, which has been hailed by some critics as a return to form for the actor. 

 

Prior to the release of Mortdecai, several of Depp's previous films, including Transcendence (2014) and The Lone³ Ranger⁴ (2013), also bombed at the box office. 

 

But, while the quality (and the overall takings) of his films might have slumped⁵, the size of Depp's pay cheques hasn't followed quite the same trajectory⁶: for whatever reasons, Hollywood bosses still see the 52-year-old actor as an asset worth paying for. 

 

In second place on the list is Denzel Washington, with returns of $6.50 per dollar of pay, while Will Ferrell falls into third place. 

 

There are no women on the list all; this year, all 10 of the most overpaid Hollywood actors of 2015 are male. 

 

The full Forbes list can be read below: 

 

1. Johnny Depp: $1.20 per $1 

2. Denzel Washington: $6.50 per $1 

3. Will Ferrell: $6.80 per $1 

4. Liam Neeson: $7.80 per $1 

5. Will Smith: $8.60 per $1 

6. Christian⁷ Bale: $9.20 per $1 

7. Channing Tatum: $10.80 per $1 

8. Brad Pitt: $12.00 per $1 

9. Ben Affleck: $12.30 per $1 

10. Tom Cruise: $13.60 per $1

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