Are modern actors overpaid losers and attention whores?

[stuntmovie]

IRON, I'm surprised that anyone on this board would know about Kinski.

You musy be quite a movie fan.

Did you read this ---------->

[6 Reps]

From Forbes magazine here are the top 20 actors and actresses in the period mid-2016 to mid-2017.  As you can see Mark Wahlberg’s at the top at $68 million and Dwayne Johnson second at $65 million.

Here's the breakdown. All figures are pre-tax:
20. Jeremy Renner: $19 million
19. Matt Damon: $21 million
18. Ryan Reynolds: $21.5 million
17. Jennifer Lawrence: $24 million
16. Jennifer Aniston: $25.5 million
15. Emma Stone: $26 million
14. Ryan Gosling: $29 million
13. Samuel L. Jackson: $30.5 million
12. Tom Hanks: $31 million
11. Chris Hemsworth: $31.5 million
10. Akshay Kumar: $35.5 million
9. Salman Khan: $37 million
8. Shah Rukh Khan: $38 million
7. Tom Cruise: $43 million
6. Robert Downey Jr.: $48 million
5. Jackie Chan: $49 million
4. Adam Sandler: $50.5 million
3. Vin Diesel: $54.5 million
2. Dwayne Johnson: $65 million
1. Mark Wahlberg: $68 million

[6 Reps]

PRIME, I think that aticle addresses the question of lower movie-theater attendance pretty well....

'Last year’s slump in domestic ticket sales can partly be attributed to a very poor turnout during the summer blockbuster season. Theater attendance in the US and Canada during the summer months, which saw releases like Baywatch, The Mummy, and the fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, hit a 25-year low, according to the LA Times. The number of tickets sold from May through Labor Day was reportedly down 16 percent from 2016.

As Bloomberg points out, there are other factors in play, too. As streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, and HBO Go offer more entertainment options, theatergoers may be less likely to leave their homes to watch a movie. Ticket prices also continue to rise, even as startups like the subscription service MoviePass threaten to devalue the movie-going experience.'

But I do think that there has been an increase with regards to movie and TV production.

We took a family of four adults and thee kids to see THE GREATEST SHOWMAN and anf those theater tickets alone came to over $100.

Of course we went to one of those theaters in L.A, where meals are served directly to your seat and that was another $100 plus a BIG PLUS!

It's cheaper to stay home and cook your own popcorn where you can now project a great movie 10 ft. wide and a Bose sound system.

I think that movie theaters as we know them now will be non-existant in  5 - 6 years...... along with all these shopping malls that have empty spaces today.

But there will always be a big demand for home-type enterainment.

Stunt,

You’re my movie/bodybuilding bud but ... Nope.  Movie theaters aren’t going anywhere in the next 5 - 6 years.  Not as long as movies like “Black Panther” and “Avengers” do over $600 million box office in the US alone, plus equally that much in movie theaters abroad.  The studios and the industry are not going to walk away from that much money.  Not anytime soon.

Interestingly, people have been predicting the demise of movie theaters for about, I would guess 70 years now, ever since the advent of television.  So far it’s never happened and won’t for the foreseeable future.

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[Agnostic007]

I always thought sports figures were overpaid. Millions to throw a football while a teacher makes 35K but it's capitalism. Players are paid what they are worth, probably the same with actors. When they stop making money for the investors they stop making the big bucks. It is what  it is

[K A N N I B A L]

If i could pay someone 20million and make 500million I wouldnt consider them a bad investment.

Im saying that a paramedic in my country makes about 60k a year, and are "worth" more than all actors combined.
Making a living pretending to be someone else is pretty dam useless by comparison

And 99% attention whores.

[IRON CROSS]

IRON, I'm surprised that anyone on this board would know about Kinski.

You musy be quite a movie fan.

Did you read this ---------->

Love those oldies produced by Leoni (spaghetti westerns) ,Moriccone music & Verner Herzog's :AGUIRE the Wrath of God,Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde,Nostferatu the Vampyre.Klaus Kinski acting is so realistic, far the best actor ever.
Unbelievable he was Wehrmacht soldier at 17 & prisoner in WW2 !.

[Pray_4_War]

From Forbes magazine here are the top 20 actors and actresses in the period mid-2016 to mid-2017.  As you can see Mark Wahlberg’s at the top at $68 million and Dwayne Johnson second at $65 million.

Here's the breakdown. All figures are pre-tax:
20. Jeremy Renner: $19 million
19. Matt Damon: $21 million
18. Ryan Reynolds: $21.5 million
17. Jennifer Lawrence: $24 million
16. Jennifer Aniston: $25.5 million
15. Emma Stone: $26 million
14. Ryan Gosling: $29 million
13. Samuel L. Jackson: $30.5 million
12. Tom Hanks: $31 million
11. Chris Hemsworth: $31.5 million
10. Akshay Kumar: $35.5 million
9. Salman Khan: $37 million
8. Shah Rukh Khan: $38 million
7. Tom Cruise: $43 million
6. Robert Downey Jr.: $48 million
5. Jackie Chan: $49 million
4. Adam Sandler: $50.5 million
3. Vin Diesel: $54.5 million
2. Dwayne Johnson: $65 million
1. Mark Wahlberg: $68 million

How the fuck did that fat retard Vin Diesel make $50 million?

[muscleman-2017]

Breaking news, something all the Jews in Hollywood know...

ACTORS are HIGH PRICE prostitutes.  Particularly actresses, but also male actors.

[NotMrAverage]

Will Farell, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey fall into the attention whore category perfect...

But I dont think anyone of us would mind to switch with them though! 

[IroNat]

Movie and stage actors have to fill seats in theaters/sell tickets to remain viable. 

TV actors have to fill seats in front of TVs so ads can be sold.  Huge sums of money are paid by advertisers to sell stuff.

It's a strange talent but some people have a weird stage or screen presence.  It's a magical thing and no one can truly predict who has it.

The saying is "the camera loves them" is how it is put. 

Some people are lousy actors.  They overact and you can tell.

Comedians seem to usually be good actors.  Often musicians make the transition to acting also.

Sports stars are usually bad actors.

Guys like Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood just play themselves.  Most big money actors play themselves over and over.  Johnny Depp is the same in every film. 

Lead actors are usually good looking or attractive.  They have a sexual energy. 

[Bevo]

Will Farell, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey fall into the attention whore category perfect...

But I dont think anyone of us would mind to switch with them though!  

I like Tom Cruise, his stuff of the 80’s and 90’s are good, one of the few who has lasted for decades, prob the only one at this point

Ryan Reynolds has such a punchable face makes me want to punch a wall seeing that douchebag “act” the same roles in all his movies

The rock is so overrated beyond belief

And nowadays “YouTube” celebs get the fuck out of here

[stuntmovie]

REPS, I hope you're right about the future of movie THEATERS as I do enjoy going to see a good movie in a nice theater, but I still believe that movie theater attendance will drop dramatically within the next five years (as well as shopping malls).


Motion picture production itself will not drop because those movies shot by Hollywood, etc. studios will produce first run features for in-home viewing/entertainment  allowing viewers to save a lot of capital in one year's time.

Theater ticket prices here in Vegas ran from $3 to $6 a pop just a year or two ago and now they have more than doubled (excluding early morning matinees).

They did add those lush reclining seats to justify that price but a good number of the patrons get so relaxed that they fall asleep and never see that $12 motion picture.

I hate it when things that I enjoy the most .... suddenly change. But that seems to be happening a lot these days, so I expect these movie theaters of today ... to be gone tomorrow.

I could be wrong .... and I hope I am.

[Fortress]

Up until perhaps five years ago, I frequently visited movie theaters. Prior to the millennium I went very often.

But prices, film offerings, increasing chocolate/shitskin attendance, and the standard of extreme loudness (bloody ridiculous) has made the whole affair mostly unattractive.

Add to this the very unsavoury Joo Hollyweird reality and celebrity fixation and Fortress stays away.

[_bruce_]

IRON, I'm surprised that anyone on this board would know about Kinski.

You musy be quite a movie fan.

Did you read this ---------->

Kinski, along with Oscar Werner, is a legend.

[axestream]

Up until perhaps five years ago, I frequently visited movie theaters. Prior to the millennium I went very often.

But prices, film offerings, increasing chocolate/shitskin attendance, and the standard of extreme loudness (bloody ridiculous) has made the whole affair mostly unattractive.

Add to this the very unsavoury Joo Hollyweird reality and celebrity fixation and Fortress stays away.

I stopped going to the theater about 15 years ago. Still watched movies frequently up until about 3 years ago. Hollywood movies are absolute shit these days. I think I watched 5 movies last year and most sucked. Series are more interesting, but greed and laziness will ruin those too within the next 5 to 10 years.

[Kwon]

How the fuck did that fat retard Vin Diesel make $50 million?

How did Mark go up to spot nr 1??

[Primemuscle]

If i could pay someone 20million and make 500million I wouldnt consider them a bad investment.

Im saying that a paramedic in my country makes about 60k a year, and are "worth" more than all actors combined.
Making a living pretending to be someone else is pretty dam useless by comparison

And 99% attention whores.

Do you ever go to the movies, have cable TV, Netflix or Amazon Prime? If you do you are helping to line actors pockets. It's all about profits.