From Forbes, we learn perennial crowd-pleaser (or so we thought) Will Ferrell tops a list of Hollywood's most-overpaid stars, according to certain financial calculations, the mechanics of which we can't hope to understand:
Land of the Lost's dismal box office helped land star Will Ferrell at the top of our annual list of Hollywood's Most Overpaid Stars. Ferrell is no longer the sure bet he seemed after hits like Elf ($220 million worldwide box office) and Talladega Nights ($162 million box office). Ferrell's 2008 film Semi-Pro earned only $43 million. Step Brothers did better with $128 million, but it wasn't enough to help Ferrell--mainly because the star commands a high salary in comedies where he plays his trademark man-child role.
To be fair, we ought to have seen this coming. Few actors, especially comic actors with limited range - though we dearly love Will Ferrell and will continue to do so - can sustain careers without varying their roles from time to time. Still, we are confident the big man can bounce back, as he is one of those rare talents who at least appears to care about his artistic integrity, however loosely that may be defined these days. See: You're Welcome, America, released on DVD last month.
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