Are celebrities overpaid?

You make the call. Choose one of the top film stars from Bankrate.com's list of top-grossing box-office stars, and see how ordinary purchases affect their bank accounts compared to an average $30,000-a-year Joe or Jane.

Photos supplied by Retna Ltd. Income is based on salary per film, using published reports and industry sources including Forbes, New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, Huffington Post, Entertainment Weekly and Internet Movie Data Base. • What stars say about budgets

Select a celebrity: Adam Sandler Alan Arkin Angelina Jolie Ben Affleck Brad Pitt Bruce Willis Cameron Diaz Cate Blanchette Catherine Zeta-Jones Chris Tucker Daniel Radcliffe Dennis Quaid Denzel Washington Drew Barrymore Eddie Murphy Edward Norton Forest Whitaker George Clooney Halle Berry Harrison Ford Helen Hunt Hugh Grant Jack Nicholson Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Garner Jennifer Lopez Jim Carrey Jodie Foster Johnny Depp Judi Dench Julia Roberts Kate Hudson Kate Winslet Katherine Heigl Keanu Reeves Kevin Costner Kirsten Dunst Leonardo DiCaprio Lindsay Lohan Matt Damon Meg Ryan Mel Gibson Meryl Streep Mike Myers Monica Bellucci Naomi Watts Nicolas Cage Nicole Kidman Paul Bettany Penelope Cruz Reese Witherspoon Renee Zellweger Richard Gere Russell Crowe Ryan Gosling Sacha Baron Cohen Samuel L. Jackson Sandra Bullock Tobey Maguire Tom Cruise Tom Hanks Tommy Lee Jones Vin Diesel Vince Vaughn Will Ferrell Will Smith Income: $15,000,000 a year Product At this price* Seems to cost: House $275,000.00 $550.00 Car $20,000.00 $40.00 Laptop $2,000.00 $4.00 Stereo system $300.00 $0.60 Hotel room $100.00 $0.20 Good meal $40.00 $0.08 Average meal $10.00 $0.02 Big Mac $2.29 $0.00 Slurpee $1.00 $0.00 * Relative price of products

What's your experience with budgeting? Are you struggling? Successful? Share your story.

-- Posted: Jan. 31, 2007