NICOLE Kidman has been named Hollywood`s biggest box office dud.
The Australian redhead has many titles - Oscar winner, fashion icon and new mum - but a survey released today in the US by Forbes magazine gave her a new tag: Hollywood`s most overpaid actor.
"Despite winning an Oscar for her performance in 2002`s The Hours, Kidman has become the most overpaid celebrity in Hollywood," Forbes reported.
Forbes analysed how much Hollywood`s A-List were paid per movie, and how much money the movies made.
Kidman`s films earned just $US1 for every dollar Kidman was paid.
It was a huge drop from the $US8 return Kidman achieved with her films in last year`s survey.
The albatross hanging around Kidman`s neck was critically-maligned and box office disaster, The Invasion, which Kidman was reportedly paid $US17 million to star in.
According to Forbes, the film lost $US2.68 for every dollar Kidman earned.
The survey was a mix of good and bad news for Australia`s other two Oscar winners, Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe.
Blanchett, despite her regular Oscar nominations, was 10th on the most overpaid list.
Crowe earned Forbes` most improved title, successfully removing himself from the list this year thanks to the success of his drama with Denzel Washington, American Gangster, which earned $US265 million worldwide.
The New Zealand-born tough guy earned a healthy $US6.88 return on his movies last year.
It`s probably convenient Kidman and former hubby Tom Cruise broke up.
It would be a sad household.
Cruise was the third most overpaid actor, according to the list.
The former Top Gun of Hollywood can largely blame the thriller Lions for Lambs, a disaster at the box office making just $US63 million worldwide.
For every dollar he was paid, Cruise`s movies averaged $US4 of gross income.
Number two on the overpaid list was ex-Alias TV star Jennifer Garner, with a $US3.60 return following disappointing films The Kingdom and Catch and Release.
Fourth was Hollywood`s highest paid actress, Cameron Diaz, who apparently didn`t match her hefty pay cheques while another diva, Jennifer Lopez, came in fifth.
Perhaps Jim Carrey`s big box office days are behind him as the funnyman was sixth.
Nicolas Cage was seventh, then Drew Barrymore, Will Ferrell and Blanchett rounded out the top 10.
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