Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” had another great weekend at the box office — so great that just two weeks into its theatrical run Forbes is calling the Gal Gadot-led blockbuster an “unqualified smash hit.”
The superhero pic earned another $58.1 million in 57 markets this weekend, bringing its cumulative foreign numbers to $232 million. Combined with its domestic total, $205 million, Wonder Woman and her Golden Lasso have taken home $435.2 million worldwide in under two weeks of screening.
In the U.S. the superheroine story’s ticket sales dropped 44.6 percent compared to its opening weekend. As far as movies about caped crusaders go, that drop off is quite low: “Iron Man’s,” for example, was 48.1 percent, “Captain America: The First Avenger” 60.7 percent, “The Avengers” 50.3 percent, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” 69.1 percent, and “Suicide Squad” 67.4 percent.
According to Forbes, “Wonder Woman” “has already surpassed the total grosses in Asia (including China) of ‘Suicide Squad’ (which didn’t play in China), ‘Man of Steel,’ both ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movies, ‘Thor,’ ‘Iron Man,’ and the last two ‘Wolverine’ movies. It earned $4.9 million in France, which was 83 percent better than ‘Captain America’ and 17 percent ahead of ‘Ant-Man.’ It has earned $68.4m in China, surpassing the totals of ‘Man of Steel,’ ‘Thor,’ ‘Iron Man,’ and ‘Captain America.’ It fell just 31 percent in the United Kingdom ($4.4m weekend/$16.1m total) and Brazil ($5.2m/$15.8m).” The pic opens in Germany this Thursday, and is set to bow in Spain and Japan in June and August, respectively.
The Diana Prince-centric movie has “already surpassed every DC Comics movie that isn’t a Chris Nolan ‘Dark Knight’ sequel or the last three DCEU movies,” the source writes. “Whether it crosses ‘Man of Steel’ ($668m in 2013), ‘Suicide Squad’ ($745m in 2016), and ‘Batman v Superman’ ($873m in 2016) is arguably trivia, but it has already topped (inflation notwithstanding) the likes of ‘Captain America’ ($371m), ‘Batman Begins’ ($374m), and ‘Star Trek’ ($385m) and ‘Superman Returns’ ($391m).”
“Wonder Woman” is a huge success at the box office, and as significant as these numbers are — the movie business is a business, after all — the film is also incredibly important beyond the cash it’s drawn in. This story will shape a new generations of girls — and boys — by showing them a kick-ass female leader onscreen. Just yesterday Jenkins posted a lovely Tweet about a letter written by someone who works in a kindergarten classroom. Check out the influence “Wonder Woman” is already having on kids:
My producer just sent me this… ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! This makes every hard day worth it. Thank you to whomever wrote it!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Halloween is over four months away, but we’re already counting down the days until thousands of trick-or-treaters take to the streets with shields, headbands, and Lassos of Truth.
