Yes, you have read it right. When you crunch all the numbers, son of Martin Sheen and brother of Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez is the most profitable actor in the modern era of Hollywood. The information is more surprising when you know that Emilio Estevez’s last movie appearance was in 2010’s The Way, a movie Estevez directed himself. Let’s see how something like this could be possible.
Analysts from PartyCasino did a research where they studied box-office data from 1980 to 2017 and made a conclusion that The Mighty Ducks star delivered the best money return than any other top-billed actor that appeared in at least 10 movies. Specifically, for every $1 spent on his movie, Emilio Estevez generated $6.70 at the box office. If you thought the surprises end here, wait to see the rest of the most profitable actors list.
Martial arts expert and star of Universal Soldier, Jean-Claude Van Damme, is placed second bringing $4.20 for each dollar spent. He is followed by Mel Gibson, who brings $3.50 for each dollar, while Tyler Perry and Dudley Moore with $3.00 close the top 5.
When it comes to actors who are considered Hollywood’s leading men, the numbers are not so great. For example, Fight Club star Brad Pitt only returns ten cents per every dollar spent, which makes him the least profitable actor in Hollywood. Pirates of the Caribbean actor Johnny Depp brings 20 cents, while Hollywood legend Robert De Niro returns 24 cents for every dollar.
Although the research didn’t have the extended data for actresses since “women, unfortunately, are less likely to be the top-billed actor for a movie,” PartyCasino’s analysts found that Rose Byrne is the most profitable actress in Hollywood, bringing $9.80 for every $1. Byrne is followed by Regina Hall ($3.50) and Octavia Spencer ($2.90).
The researchers analyzed the top 100 movies at the box office each year since 1980 in order to obtain the data.
