She came and she conquered. Wonder Woman dominated the weekend box office in a big way and gave the summer movie season the jolt it desperately needed.
Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot in the title role, went into the weekend with the best reviews out of the four films that have been released in the DC Extended Universe so far and the critical opinion definitely aided the film’s awareness as the buzz only continued to grow throughout the week. Following an impressive $38.76 million Friday that buzz was no longer due to critics as audiences gave the film an “A” CinemaScore, pushing the film over $100 million for its opening weekend, the first female directed feature to achieve such an opening. And as far as female-led comic book adaptations are concerned, it’s by far the largest opening as the second closest is Paramount’s Ghost in the Shell, which debuted with $18.6 million earlier this year.
Wonder Woman delivered the 16th largest opening weekend for a comic book adaptation all-time. It’s the sixth largest opening among that group if you don’t count sequels and, based on estimates, the sixth largest June opening of all-time. Looking ahead, given the strong word of mouth, it would be no shock to see it deliver $300 million domestically or at least very close to that figure. I would easily say that Wonder Woman has saved the early part of the summer.
Check out the full top ten results below:
June 2-4, 2017
- Wonder Woman– $100.5 million
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie– $23.5 million
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales– $21.6 million
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol.2 – $9.7 million
- Baywatch– $8.5 million
- Alien: Covenant– $4 million
- Everything, Everything– $3.3 million
- Snatched– $1.3 million
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul– $1.2 million
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword– $1.1 million
