The final number represents an average of how much a studio earns for every dollar paid to the actor.

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But the studio also surprisingly earned three nominations for The Tourist: Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Actor for Johnny Depp and Best Actress for Angelina Jolie.

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To determine payback figures, we first calculated the movie's gross income by subtracting the movie's budget (excluding the actor's compensation) from half of each film's worldwide box office (to roughly approximate the studio's cut of each ticket).

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