Mark Wahlberg is officially the most overpaid actor of 2017
It's official: Mark Wahlberg is the most overpaid actor of 2017.
Forbes has announced that the Daddy's Home 2 actor received this unwanted accolade based on how he fared in his last three non-animated, mainstream movies released before June 1, 2017.
It was revealed that Wahlberg earner more than $68m [£51m] for the year, something that accumulated from making so much money for his performances.
Because he had such large-scale bombs at the box office, he raked in only $4.40 (£3.30) at the box officer for each dollar spent on his work.
While performance in 2016's film Deepwater Horizon chronicling the Gulf of Mexico basically broke even on its $110m (£82m) budget, it got decent reviews.
And his lead role in Patriots Day based on the Boston bombing only profited by $5m after relying on a $45m (£34m) production budget.
Since Daddy's Home did so well at the box office in 2015, it was optioned for Daddy's Home 2 this year. Starring alongside Wahlberg was Will Ferrell, who also deserves credit for helping earn the film a profit.
Coming in as the second-most overpaid actor is Batman Begins star Christian Bale whose work earned $6.70 for every $1 paid to him.
Starring in the flop The Promise seemed to determine Bale's fate on the list.
And Logan Lucky didn't do Channing Tatum any favours: the 37-year-old actor pulled in $7.60 at the box office per dollar paid to him.
