Forbes magazine did the calculations, worked the digits and figured out that Vince Vaughn gives more prof
it than any other actor in the industry as I write this down now — might change tomorrow — that’s show biz. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Apparently, Vaughn charges less than any other dollar for dollar; thus the investment pays more to the investor.
The numbers work out like this: For every dollar you spent of Vince Vaugh, you made $14.73. Those are great numbers.
Vaughn had two films Wedding Crashers and The Break Up that were calculated into the formula. Each, respectively, earned $283 million and $203 million.
The formula went like this: Forbes compiled the Ultimate Star Payback list by looking at the stars’ last three films that opened wide in at least 1,000 theaters before 2008 and were made in the last five years.
It calculated the gross income for each film by adding half the worldwide box office and the first three months of wholesale DVD revenues and then subtracting its budget. The gross income was divided by the actor’s total compensation to derive his or her payback for the movie.
Sounds like a reading math exercise. Anyway, Vince congratulations!!!
