Mark Wahlberg Is The Most Overpaid Actor Of 2017

Made $68m, lowest studio return.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2017/12/13/mark-wahlberg-is-the-most-overpaid-actor-of-2017/

When an actor makes big bucks–and his movies don’t–it can spell trouble for his star power. Take Mark Wahlberg, whose hefty upfront paychecks resulted in a $68 million pretax payday this year–more than the worldwide gross of his 2016 Boston Marathon bombing biopic, Patriots Day.

Thanks to a string of box office disappointments, Wahlberg is this year’s most overpaid actor: His three wide releases prior to June 1, 2017, returned just $4.40 at the box office for every $1 he was paid on them. With disappointments including 2016′s oil spill drama Deepwater Horizon, which barely out-earned its estimated $110 million budget, Wahlberg’s multi-million dollar paydays look mighty expensive. (The more recent Transformers: The Last Knight and Daddy’s Home 2 both hit theaters after our scoring period.)