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NEW YORK (AP) -- Vince Vaughn is the best star for the buck, says Forbes magazine.
Vaughn raked in $14.73 of gross income for studios for every dollar he was paid for "The Break-up," "Wedding Crashers" and "Dodgeball," the magazine calculated for its special entertainment issue, now on newsstands.
"That's because until recently his salary was relatively low, and the films he was in, like `Wedding Crashers' and `The Break-up,' had modest budgets yet did extremely well at the box office worldwide ($285 million and $205 million, respectively)," Forbes said.
Forbes said it compiled the Ultimate Star Payback list by looking at the stars' last three films that opened wide in at least 1,000 theaters before 2008 and were made in the last five years. more

The List

1. Vince Vaughn raked in $14.73 of gross income for studios for every dollar he was paid for "The Break-up," "Wedding Crashers" and "Dodgeball," the magazine calculated for its special entertainment issue, now on newsstands.
2. Tobey Maguire ($13.44) for each dollar of his pay for the "Spider-Man" sequels and "Seabiscuit."
3. Julia Roberts ($13.19)
4. Brad Pitt ($12.73)
5. Naomi Watts ($12.16)
6. Matt Damon ($12.16)
7. George Clooney ($11.56)
8. Jennifer Aniston ($10.48)
9. Hugh Jackman ($9.90)
10. Ben Stiller ($9.50)

Other notables are:

The highly paid, highly bankable Will Smith — who reliably led the July Fourth weekend with a $66 million debut for "Hancock" — ranked 21st with a gross income return of $5.64 for every dollar spent on the big-budget superstar.

Nicole Kidman is at the bottom of the list, at No. 35. Her high-paying roles in "The Golden Compass," "The Invasion" and "Bewitched" averaged only $1.01 of gross income.

Tom Cruise, brought in $3.99 — not altogether surprising, given the imbalance of his high salary demands with the 2007 box-office flop "Lions for Lambs.

Jim Carrey averaged $4.11 per dollar earned in "The Number 23," "Fun With Dick & Jane" and "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Just some useless trivia knowledge I thought was interesting as compiled by Forbes