Hollywood is doing wonders for "Wonder Woman" actress Gal Gadot, as the femme fatale has been revealed to be the highest grossing actress for 2017.
Gadot even managed to snag the third spot in Forbes' top 10 list of highest grossing stars for 2017, only falling behind Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Vin Diesel by $1 million and $2 million, respectively. As such, Gadot's net worth is now $1.4 billion, mostly thanks to her role as the iconic Wonder Woman.
"Wonder Woman," released this year, hauled in as much as $412 million in the U.S. alone, while its global box office revenue clocked in at $821 million. Meanwhile Gadot's second film this year, which was "Justice League," has reached a worldwide milestone of $652 million despite not faring so well with the critics. The former went to beat all expectations for a female superhero movie and even held the record for the biggest box office opening for a female director, which was Patty Jenkins.
Meanwhile, below Gadot, is "Harry Potter" icon Emma Watson, grossing in at $1.3 billion thanks in part for her performance as Belle in the live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast."
Gadot's status and net worth in Hollywood has even made some of her decisions more weight, as her pressuring of Warner Bros. to remove alleged sexual offender Brett Ratner has succeeded. Ratner was chosen to work on the sequel for "Wonder Woman," but Gadot has announced that either she leaves or Ratner does after the latter's sexual misconduct allegations have surfaced since Gadot does not want to work with someone like him.
Rest assured, Ratner won't be in the sequel for Gadot's breakout movie, which is also expected to share the same box office fate as the predecessor. This time around, it appears as if it will be set during the height of the Cold War during the '80s as opposed to the World War I setting of the first movie. Gadot will once again don the Amazonian costume once "Wonder Woman 2" gets released on Dec. 13, 2019.
