In the company of over-paid actors

Adam Sandler and Johnny Depp have been named as the most overpaid actors by a business magazine.

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Sandler tops the Forbes' annual Most Overpaid Actors in Hollywood list for the second time as according to its metric, for every US $1 he was paid, his films brought in an average of US$ 3.20.

The 48-year-old actor's 2014 release Men, Women & Children did not do well at the box-office.

He is followed by Depp, who, despite his general success over the last decade in franchises like Pirates of the Caribbean and Alice in Wonderland, has recently starred in a number of underwhelming films, like The Lone Ranger and Dark Shadows.

Depp's movies brought in US$ 4.10 for every US $1 he earned. Ben Stiller, Ryan Reynolds and Tom Hanks rank among top five. The list is almost entirely made up of male actors, with Sandra Bullock coming in at number 10 as the only woman to appear. —PTI