Sharknado 5 Star Was Paid More Than Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot

Sharknado 5 : Global Swarmingstar Ian Ziering is experience a more substantial paycheck for the film than Gal Gadot ’s base of operations pay forWonder Woman . The Asylum and SYFY’sSharknadotook the world by storm when it debuted on television in 2013 . The made - for - TV picture show was a viral genius , inspiring more than 5,000 tweets a arcminute during its premiere airing , andSharknadoeven received a one - night theatrical runnel . The Asylum has since moil out four sequel , with the in style hitting idiot box screens across the nation this Sunday . Sharknado 5will see the film series ' protagonist , the aptly named Fin Shepard ( Ziering ) , combat shark - infested tornados all around the world .

The piece of writing and directing team of Thunder Levin and Anthony C. Ferrante proceeds for the fifth installment in The Asylum’sSharknadofranchise , which has become somewhat of a pop music refinement basic over the last four yr . The concept has even ramify out into other realms , with a tie - in video game , novel , and mockumentary all being released , as well as acrossover with Archie Comics- not to mention theSharknadofranchise ’s crossovers with fellow SYFY fare , Z NationandLavalantula . WhileSharknadoand its subsequence are obviously successful for SYFY , the flick series ' adept ’s paycheck may still storm some - especially when compared to that of the star of this summertime ’s biggest moving picture .

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harmonise to a report fromTHR , Ziering is take in $ 500,000 for his routine as Fin inSharknado 5 , whichVoxcompared to the base pay of Gadot in this summer ’s smash smash , Wonder Woman . Earlier this year , Gadot ’s paycheck forWonder Womanmade headlines because her$300,000 al-Qaeda payfor the film was compared to the$14 million Henry Cavill earnedfor previous DCEU entryMan of Steel- though it has since been set up the Superman actor ’s payroll check was almost certainly bolster by bonuses from the film ’s box office and its follow-up , Batman V Superman : Dawn of Justice .

Similarly , the$300,000 Gadot earn forWonder Womanwas part of a larger deal the actress struck with Warner Bros. when she joined the DCEU as Diana Prince . She earned a base pay of $ 300,000 per picture for her first three visual aspect -Batman V Superman , Wonder Woman , and the still upcomingJustice League- but that does n’t calculate for her own bonuses found on box office . ( Wonder Womanfar transcend acoustic projection and has so far pull in $ 791 million at the worldwide box office . ) to boot , the base pay Gadot received is comparable to that of Marvel Cinematic Universe worker Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Evans , and Chris Hemsworth , who all received less than $ 500,000 as the base for their several first entries in the superhero existence .

In terms of why Ziering’sSharknado 5paycheck is so high , it ’s difficult to know for sure . Certainly , it ’s his 5th installment in The Asylum ’s most well - known franchise , and his case Fin - along with his trustworthy shark - killing chain saw - is the case of the serial . to boot , it seems improbable Ziering would receive any bonuses found on box part counter since the film is n’t expected to screen in theaters . Plus , while we hump the box office staff profits ofWonder Woman , and can compare it to the film ’s reported budget , it ’s unreadable incisively how profitable theSharknadofilms are for The Asylum .

So , the $ 500,000 Ziering is receive may be all he ’s devote forSharknado 5 . relatively , Gadot ’s $ 300,000 is only the start of what she earn onWonder Woman . It ’s hard to compare the two since their roles are so unlike , andSharknado 5is an entirely different beast than a theatrically released DCEU entry . Still , it ’s interesting to take a peep behind the drapery of Hollywood - specially with the ongoing to discussion of thepay gap in Hollywood .