Horror fans would be stunned to learn that Oscar-winning Anthony Hopkins appeared on screen during ‘Silence of the Lambs’ for only sixteen minutes. Despite this, he was reportedly offered $15 million for the sequel.
Intrigued by this, Onlinecasinos.co.uk sought to uncover which Oscar-worthy actors are worth the most per second on screen.
Key findings:
- Sandra Bullock is worth a whopping £78,516 per second of screen time, ranking her in first place
- Sir Ian McKellen places second with £75,101 per second
- Kate Winslet takes third place with £63,117 per second
Top 15 most valuable Oscar-worthy actors
| Rank | Actor | Estimated worth from movies (£) | Average screen time % | Total screen time (seconds) | Worth per second (£) |
| 1 | Sandra Bullock | £604,575,985 | 61.63% | 7,700 | £78,516 |
| 2 | Sir Ian McKellen | £507,529,488 | 44.55% | 6,758 | £75,101 |
| 3 | Kate Winslet | £1,292,384,044 | 36.42% | 20,476 | £63,117 |
| 4 | Whoopi Goldberg | £338,008,428 | 31.13% | 5,393 | £62,675 |
| 5 | Dustin Hoffman | £776,522,733 | 60.37% | 12,696 | £61,163 |
| 6 | Tom Hanks | £1,733,922,740 | 59.45% | 28,594 | £60,639 |
| 7 | Joaquin Phoenix | £1,129,703,637 | 62.76% | 20,085 | £56,246 |
| 8 | Johnny Depp | £552,359,617 | 50.14% | 10,485 | £52,681 |
| 9 | Matt Damon | £486,756,960 | 45.67% | 10,915 | £44,595 |
| 10 | Julia Roberts | £709,115,677 | 54.51% | 16,159 | £43,884 |
| 11 | Bradley Cooper | £569,255,541 | 56.98% | 13,232 | £43,021 |
| 12 | Mary McDonnell | £276,232,691 | 37.44% | 6,538 | £42,250 |
| 13 | Russell Crowe | £584,362,548 | 54.14% | 14,317 | £40,816 |
| 14 | Ralph Fiennes | £289,555,262 | 34.78% | 7,117 | £40,685 |
| 15 | Christoph Waltz | £256,570,355 | 33.25% | 6,396 | £40,114 |
The full dataset is available here, alongside an original graphic here.*
It’s no wonder Sandra Bullock places first for the most valuable actor, worth a staggering £78,516 per second on screen, after winning the Best Actress Oscar in 2010 for her performance in ‘The Blind Side.’
Sir Ian McKellen takes second place, worth £75,101 per second of screen time as he has a respectable 82 acting credits. It’s fair to assume his success is mostly for his work as ‘Gandalf’ in ‘The Lord of The Rings’ and the ‘The Hobbit’ trilogies.
In third place with £63,117 per second on screen is Kate Winslet, who was nominated an impressive seven times and won best actress in 2009 for her performance in ‘The Reader.’
Other notable results:
- Despite being in Les Miserables (2012) for only 15 minutes, Anne Hathaway is worth $54,530 per second
- Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) is worth $51,578 per second
- Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) is worth $50,993 per second
- Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick) is now worth $39,156 per second
Credit to https://www.onlinecasinos.co.uk/, who commissioned the study.
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