There you go again, Forbes magazine — treating movie stars like bottom lines. But as Geico says: Reducing actors to P&L statements is what you do.

Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photocall for the movie "Black Mass" at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in northern Italy September 4, 2015. Photo by Stefano Rellandini via Reuters
Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photocall for the movie “Black Mass” at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in northern Italy September 4, 2015. Photo by Stefano Rellandini via Reuters
In any case, Johnny Depp was the runaway winner in the 2015 Forbes list of Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actors, returnsing $1.20 for every $1 paid.

To compile its list, Forbes used earnings estimates from its Celebrity 100 list.

“We look at the last three films each actor starred in before June 2015 (the end of our Celebrity 100 scoring period),” Forbes said. “We don’t include animated films, movies where the actor appears in a very small role, or movies that were released on fewer than 2,000 screens.”

Forbes then deducted the estimated production budget from the global box office for each film (using numbers from Box Office Mojo and other sources) to come up with a limited definition of each movie’s operating income.

“We add together the estimated total compensation for each star on the three movies and the operating income from each movie and then divide to come up with the final return on investment number.”

Forbes says of Depp: “‘Mortdecai’ earned a dreary 12% on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed just $47 million on a $60 million budget, while ‘Transcendence’ barely made back its $100 million production costs at the ticketing booth. Depp still pocketed millions personally, making him this year’s most overpaid actor.”

Runner-up was Denzel Washington, with Will Ferrell third.

No. 8 was Brad Pitt, who returned a measly $12 for every $1 paid.

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