BEST ACTORS FOR THE BUCK Actresses Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart are Hollywood’s most bankable stars and provide studios with the highest average returns for their films, according to Forbes.com Natalie Portman Portman topped the list, Shia LaBeouf primarily owing to Black Returns Swan, the 2010 movie about Returns a ballerina. The film grossed $42.7 $330 million on an estimated $35.8 for every $1 paid for every $1 paid budget of $13 million LaBeouf topped the list in 2009 and 2010. Most of LaBeouf's returns are accounted for by the Transformers movies. However, return on investing in him may be hit, as he has said he wouldn’t appear in any more of the blockbuster films Robert Pattinson Kristen Stewart Returns Returns $31.7 $40.6 for every $1 paid for every $1 paid Pattinson is the second Twilight star to appear on the Stewart topped the list of highest-paid list this year. He trails co-star actresses and stood second on the list of Kristen Stewart because his actresses offering the best return for her non-Twilight movie Water for pay. Though Stewart earned $25 million Elephants wasn’t as successful for the last two Twilight films, she still as Stewart’s Snow White offers good returns on investment and the Huntsman Daniel Radcliffe Taylor Lautner Returns Returns $30.50 $29.5 for every $1 paid for every $1 paid The Harry Potter franchise Lautner rounds out is the top grosser of all the Twilight stars on time, with $7.7 billion at the list. His 2011 film the global box office. With Abduction flopped at the series ending, it the box office and would be tough for Daniel dinged Lautner’s Radcliffe to keep offering return on such returns on investment number investment Dwayne Johnson Amy Adams Returns Returns $22.6 $22.7 for every $1 paid for every $1 paid Adams has become one of Hollywood’s most respected ‘The Rock’ has developed a actresses, but her payday reputation as a franchise saver, has yet to catch up to her thanks to hits such as Fast Five reputation. Her recent film, and Journey 2: The Mysterious The Muppet, earned $158 Island. As long as his fee is million on a budget of $45 reasonable, he would continue million to be good investment Kevin James If one considered the films of James that Bradley Cooper opened before June, his latest film, Here Returns $25 for every $1 paid Returns Comes The Boom, which grossed only $60 million at the global box office, would take a Not only is Cooper the sexiest man alive $22.4 toll on his investment return number. It is (according to People magazine), he also offers for every $1 paid expected James would struggle to stay on the studios good returns on investment. As long as list next year The Hangover movies keep raking in hundreds of millions of dollars, it is expected he would hold Forbes.com analysed salaries and estimated box office grosses from the actors’ last three films over the previous on to a place on the list three years to calculate the studio’s return on investment Source: Forbes, Reuters.