Highest paid Actors, Athletes, or Musicians - Which of these performers/entertainers are the most overpaid?

Which of these performers/entertainers are the most overpaid?

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I mean, honestly none of them.
<Fedor23>


Like Tom Cruise brings in a TON of money (usually) so I feel he deserves his $30 million per movie (plus backend $$$).

Tom Brady, the GOAT, deserves way more than he actually got. He would usually take a lower contract so his team had more money to play with, to build a better team. Good man. Should have gotten 2-3x more than he did.

As far as singers go.... I guess it's the same scenario as the actors. The ones who bring in a ton get paid a ton. So it seems to work out fairly.
 
Adamant said:
I mean, honestly none of them.
<Fedor23>


Like Tom Cruise brings in a TON of money (usually) so I feel he deserves his $30 million per movie (plus backend $$$).

Tom Brady, the GOAT, deserves way more than he actually got. He would usually take a lower contract so his team had more money to play with, to build a better team. Good man. Should have gotten 2-3x more than he did.

As far as singers go.... I guess it's the same scenario as the actors. The ones who bring in a ton get paid a ton. So it seems to work out fairly.
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Fair response my friend.
 
Most of these people are paid from a percentage of the profits they bring in. Hard to argue with that. On the other hand Hillary Clinton received a $14 million dollar advance on her book, which was basically an advertisement for her upcoming run for president. The publisher didn't come close to making that money back and was okay with it just for the prestige of publishing her memoir. That's much more BS in my view.
 
Not athletes. They pay dearly in their old age.

I played HS football and wrestled in HS and underrgrd. I am 50 and feel it every day. I was part of a bowling league a few years back and ended up at the docs and after x-rays he was like "you have have osteoarthritis in your elbow, shoulder, and wrist .... you should stop bowling"

Cannot imagine how pro athletes are like.
 
Takes Two To Tango said:
I know they are all overpaid people, but which group is the most ridiculously overpaid?

If you look at there pay to the effort and work they do. Plus the results.

List of highest-paid film actors - Wikipedia

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Forbes list of the world's highest-paid musicians - Wikipedia

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Are they overpaid or are the general population making poor choices with their time and money? If you can entertain at a large scale, you can get paid at a large scale.

If people made different choices with their time and money, actors/athletes/musicians would be paid less.
 
I think they're all overpaid relative to the value they add to society. But if we're comparing to the monetary value that their talent generates, then I would say they might even be underpaid.
 
My daughter is in middle school. Her language arts teacher had the kids write an essay about professional athletes and them being overpaid. The question it self, to her, seemed very leading.

She was the only one in the class that didn't say that athletes are overpaid.

She mentioned that she has a cousin that is a journeyman in the NHL. He has been in the league for a few years and is very banged up. Plus, even though he makes six figures with the league minimum, he will most likely have to retire by the time he is 30 due to injuries.

Her teacher held onto the essay until parent teach conference day and told me she earned an A.


It reminded me that the average NFL player only lasted three years.
 
None of the above, honestly.
You can't really put a price on how a song, a sporting event, or a movie makes someone feel.
They're worth whatever people are willing to pay them.
 
Definitely actors.

Pro athletes push themselves to a level of excellence that just can't be achieved in the arts because it's not a direct competition.

And musicians, most of them learn to play an instrument and write songs. People have to like those songs...

But actors? Nah. I know there are actors that work very hard on their craft, and then Marky Mark comes along and gets lead roles over all of them, making millions in the process. So yeah, of he can do that, then acting clearly has low standards.

Plus actors get too much credit. The writers are the reason why you like a movie or not. But since they're invisible then the actors get all the attention.
 
Looking at those actor figures, The Rock seems to stand out as earning insane amounts dispite IMHO never really being a massive draw.
 
Adamant said:
I mean, honestly none of them.
<Fedor23>


Like Tom Cruise brings in a TON of money (usually) so I feel he deserves his $30 million per movie (plus backend $$$).

Tom Brady, the GOAT, deserves way more than he actually got. He would usually take a lower contract so his team had more money to play with, to build a better team. Good man. Should have gotten 2-3x more than he did.

As far as singers go.... I guess it's the same scenario as the actors. The ones who bring in a ton get paid a ton. So it seems to work out fairly.
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Have to agree. Acting, Music and Athletics are professions, not charities. The top people are paid what the market supports. If they don't make it rain, they don't get paid the big bucks.
 
Athletes. Musicians and actors are creating art. Athletes are playing a game that every child knows how to do. Also in terms of longevity and staying power, no one's going back and watching ball games from the 60s and 70s.
 
Takes Two To Tango said:
I know they are all overpaid people, but which group is the most ridiculously overpaid?

If you look at there pay to the effort and work they do. Plus the results.

List of highest-paid film actors - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org


Forbes list of the world's highest-paid musicians - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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IDK, to me, if some company is willing to pay you X then how is it overpaid? There are 10000 things more retarded on this planet imo.
 
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