Not long after Wonder Woman was released, people were up in arms when reports started making the rounds that Gal Gadot had only been paid $300,000 for playing the title character. While that was a decent figure for what was just the second leading role of her career after Israeli sports comedy Kicking Out Shoshana, and only $200,000 less than Robert Downey Jr. earned for Iron Man, the fury came from comparisons to the $14 million Henry Cavill picked up from Man of Steel.
The furor died down when the news filtered through that $300,000 was just a base salary, and the two stars were making comparative money when performance-related bonuses were factored in, with Gadot picking up a hefty increase for the sequel after Wonder Woman out-performed Man of Steel both critically and commercially.
As well as taking a producing credit on Wonder Woman 1984, the leading lady’s flat rate was bumped up to $10 million, and she was rewarded with the same again after Warner Bros. gave her a bonus following the decision to send the movie to HBO Max on the same day it hit theaters.
Insider Daniel Richtman is claiming that the 35 year-old is set to earn $20 million from Wonder Woman 3 as well as creative control, which is basically the exact same deal she already had for the second installment given that Patty Jenkins has been vocal about how heavily Gadot was involved in the creative process from the very beginning.
When you add that onto the $20 million she’s getting for Netflix’s Red Notice and another eight-figure deal for starring in espionage blockbuster Heart of Stone, Gadot is set to cement her status as one of the highest-paid movie stars on the planet over the next couple of years.
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