Vin Diesel beats The Rock to bring in more box office receipts despite their ‘candy ass’ feud
Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson’s ‘candy-ass’ feud may be about to take a turn for the worse, as Diesel has beaten Johnson to be named the top-grossing actor of 2017 after bringing in $1.6 billion (£1.19 billion) across the globe this year.
The figures come courtesy of the surprise hit xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage, as well as the eighth Fast And Furious film, which bought in the majority of the receipts; $1.2 billion at the global box office.
Diesel’s Fast And Furious co-star Johnson came in second; he may have taken the top spot if his summer film, the reboot of Baywatch, hadn’t bombed bringing in a lowly $178 million (£133 million) worldwide.
Johnson’s most recent film, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle is still in cinemas and so is not included in the total as the amounts are calculated up to 26 December 2017.
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Elsewhere, three women made the top ten with Gal Gadot nabbing the third spot thanks to the huge success of DC and Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman; the critically-panned Justice League helped to bring her total to $1.4 billion (£1.04 million) worldwide.
Emma Watson took fourth place thanks to the smash hit Beauty And The Beast, while Johnny Depp came in at fifth.
Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley pipped her co-star John Boyega to sixth place with $1.08 billion (£758 million)- John took the tenth spot – while Spider-Man star Tom Holland took seventh, Chris Pratt eighth and Chris Hemsworth ninth.
Top 10 highest-grossing actors in 2017
10. John Boyega, $815 million
9. Chris Hemsworth, $845 million
8. Chris Pratt, $864 million
7. Tom Holland, $888 million
6. Daisy Ridley, $1.08 billion
5. Johnny Depp, $1.1 billion
4. Emma Watson, $1.3 billion
3. Gal Gadot, $1.4 billion
2. Dwayne Johnson, $1.5 billon
1. Vin Diesel, $1.6 billion
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