The Rock Was Only Second Highest Grossing Actor Of 2017

2017 has been quite a good year for Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in the realms of Hollywood and beyond, so it comes as a bit of a surprise he’s only the second highest paid actor of the year.

Strangely enough, despite earning a cool $1.5 billion (£1.11 billion) this year alone the former pro-wrestler was pipped to first place by his Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel who earned $1.6 billion ($1.18 billion).

Despite pulling in big numbers and a big salary from three box office movies this year (The Fate Of The Furious, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and the third season of HBO’s Ballers it seems he still can’t compete with that Disney and Marvel Studios money.

Even though he had a limited role as Baby Groot in Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.2, Diesel was still able to rake in more cash than The Rock thanks to that and his high salary from this year’s xXx and FF movies.

The highest paid female actor this year was Wonder Woman herself Gal Gadot, as well beating Marvel to the punch to release the first female superhero-led film, it also turned out to be the only good DC and Warner Bros. film they made since The Dark Knight trilogy.

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