text: Update: Reports that Henry Cavill earned $14 m for Man of Steel are unconfirmed. Although the pay gap persists in Hollywood, this example is not adequately supported by the information available. 
   
   Wonder Woman is a runaway success, and many critics have called it the best DC Universe movie so far. But is Wonder Woman herself subject to the same glass ceiling as the rest of us non-goddesses? 
   
   Gal Gadot reportedly earned $300,000 for Wonder Woman, while Henry Cavill, as Superman, earned $14 million for Man of Steel. Aside from movie stars, there are regular people who make more than Gadot did for Wonder Woman. Your average anesthesiologist makes more than that in a year. 
   
   While this huge difference certainly seems to reflect a gender pay gap—even for superheroes—this smaller fee doesn't seem to be totally without precedent. According to Variety, Gadot signed a contract in 2014 that gave her $300,000 for each DC movie she does, and she likely will make a lot more from bonuses. (Cavill's Man of Steel earnings do include such bonuses.) And as CBR points out, Chris Evans earned the same as Gadot for Captain America: The First Avenger. 
   
   But there is something a little absurd about Cavill getting $14 million for a, by basically any standard, worse film. While critical acclaim and monetary success can only be measured long after actors' contracts are signed and a movie is released, Man of Steel grossed around $290 million domestically, while Wonder Woman, which is still in theaters, is up to $274 million, and was made for a far lower production budget. Man of Steel also wasn't the critically acclaimed blockbuster Wonder Woman is turning out to be. 
   
   Then again, Robert Downey Jr. is rumored to be getting $200 million for the next two Avengers films. The moral of this story is that actors make a lot of money and you don't. ||||| Contrary to a story that Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot made millions less than her DC counterpart Henry Cavill as Superman, the two were paid the same for their debut standalone outings. 
   
   That's according to a source familiar with both negotiations, who told The Hollywood Reporter that Gadot made the same amount upfront if not slightly more on Wonder Woman than Cavill made on 2013's Man of Steel. 
   
   The alleged salary discrepancy story was based on a post from Elle magazine, which cobbled together salary information that had previously appeared in various publications and did not differentiate between upfront salary vs. bonuses and performance escalators. 
   
   The story was later updated but caused a stir on the internet as Hollywood's gender gap on wages has become a popular issue. The Elle story said Gadot was paid $300,000 for Wonder Woman vs. $14 million Cavill received for Man of Steel. The source called the latter figure "ridiculous." 
   
   Warner Bros., the studio behind both movies, declined to comment. 
   
   A salary of low- to mid-six figures is standard fare for Hollywood tentpoles, especially for actors with short track records; Gadot had bit parts in movies such as Date Night and Knight and Day before landing a more substantial but still supporting role in the Fast & Furious movies. Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 for his starring debut in 2011's Thor, for example. Adam Driver was paid in the $500,000 range for his part in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, according to sources. Felicity Jones, who had an Oscar nomination under her belt before landing the lead in Rogue One, was paid more than $1 million for the Star Wars stand-alone. 
   
   These salary figures do not take into account box-office bonuses, which hit when certain benchmarks are hit. And actors gets substantial increases when it comes to sequels, even in spite of having option agreements and especially if a movie is as successful as Wonder Woman (the film has earned $574 million worldwide to date). Gadot's deal will very likely be renegotiated. 
   
   There was one person who cashed in on the Superman phenomena. THR previously reported that producer Jon Peters took home $80 million to $85 million combined for 2006's Superman Returns and Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, thanks to backend granted for his role in jumpstarting the franchise in the 1990s. Man of Steel earned $668 million worldwide.
target: – Elle dropped a Hollywood bombshell Tuesday: Gal Gadot made a piddly $300,000 for Wonder Woman while Henry Cavill got a staggering $14 million for Man of Steel. This striking example of the gender pay gap sent shock waves through Twitter despite being, in the words of one inside source, "ridiculous." According to the Hollywood Reporter, the figures cited in Elle were "cobbled together" from multiple publications and weren't comparing the same things. Vanity Fair explains the $300,000 figure is Gadot's pre-negotiated base salary, while Cavill's reported payday would have included post-release bonuses. Still, no one can verify Cavill ever got anything close to $14 million. One source says of the figure: “It certainly isn’t for one picture. That’s insane.” Actors leading their first big blockbuster typically get something more in line with Gadot's reported base salary. Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 for Thor, Adam Driver got $500,000 or so for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Chris Evans is said to have made about what Gadot did for his first outing as Captain America. In fact, sources say that an "apples to apples comparison" between contracts for Gadot and Cavill show she made the same, if not slightly more, upfront as her fellow DC hero. And with the success of Wonder Woman, bonuses and contract re-negotiations should soon kick in. Elle updated its original story, adding: "Although the pay gap persists in Hollywood, this example is not adequately supported by the information available."