We looked at the last three films each actor starred in over the last three years that opened in more than 2, 000 theaters, calculating the return on investment for the studios who pay his (or her) salary.
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To calculate our payback numbers, we looked at the last three films for each star.
Has anyone questioned her interview behavior lately, or noticed her oddity in her last few films.
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To compile our list, we looked at each star's last three films that opened wide before Jan. 1 (in order to give each film time for a DVD release).
Point being, if the last three films of the series are more forthcoming about the inherent darkness of its subject matter, does that mean the first film should be somewhat forgiven for its moral cowardice?
His wife, the Italian actress Monica Belluci is a big name in her own right, and has starred in the last two films of the "Matrix" trilogy as well as acting alongside Cassel in a number of movies.
If the last several films have been hampered by Rowling's reluctance to get on with the story -- it has been two steps forward and one step back for a while now -- that doesn't apply to the climax.
We added up each star's compensation on his or her last three films and the operating income on those films and divided total operating income by the star's total compensation to come up with each return on investment number.
Actor turned up in several successful films last year, including Love in the Buff, An Inaccurate Memoir and White-Haired Witch.
China relaxed its quota system for U.S. films last year but still only allows 34 movies a year -- up from 20 previously.
The Top 50 is dominated by films from the last two decades, although there are some classic films too.
Last year, Polish films were regularly outselling Hollywood imports in the country's new multiplex cinemas.
Another of the most profitable films from last year: the horror film Insidious.
Better than the last two Woody Allen films, but still not very interesting.
The French, notably, are massive subsidisers, and last year produced 200 films, which are occasionally good enough to export.
Even though the star is now earning huge bucks for the last few Harry Potter films, the movies do so well that it balances out.
But before that, the last really major international films made at Cinecitta were Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, shot way back in 2004, and Martin Scorsese's The Gangs of New York, which came out a decade ago.
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He appeared in just a handful of films, the last of which was Wafaa (Loyalty) in 2008.
Last year Spielberg had two films in theaters at the same time: War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin.
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His early career included roles in acclaimed films such as Last Exit to Brooklyn and Born on the Fourth of July.
The actor has gone from being a Hollywood pariah to the star of some of the highest-earnings films of the last few years.
FilmFour produced many of Britain's most successful films over the last 20 years, from Trainspotting and the Crying Game to Four Weddings and a Funeral.
According to the Motion Picture Association of America, 606 new films were released last year, although many were destined for just a handful of cinemas in New York and Los Angeles.
In an attempt to turn things around, studio chairmen Marc Shmuger and David Linde were fired last October, but the films produced under their tenure are still shuffling through the pipeline.
His prolific CV includes scores for Driving Miss Daisy, Thelma and Louise, True Romance, Gladiator and the last three Pirates of the Caribbean films.
The last major retailer of music and films on the High Street HMV is to be placed in the hands of administrators, putting more than four-thousand jobs at risk.
To decide who had the best profitability, we took 50% of the combined box office of all of the films each studio released last year and divided it by the total spent on budgets.
While I can somewhat defend the kitchen-sink excess and superb action scenes of Spider-Man 3, the occasionally thoughtful character work in Batman Forever, and the entertaining but pointlessly rushed and micromanaged X-Men: The Last Stand, none of these films reach anything approaching greatness.
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