Wonder Woman Looks to Be the Summer's Biggest Hit

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The title of a Forbes.com article by Scott Mendelson says it with even more certainty, "Box Office: 'Wonder Woman' Is Now Sure To Be Summer's Biggest Hit."

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Mendelson leads off with:

"Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc.'s Wonder Woman earned another $6.885 million in its seventh weekend of release, dropping just 30% despite losing another 347 theaters. That brings the $150 million superhero movie's domestic total to $380.686m in 45 days. That puts it around $6m behind Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($386.5m as of today) so it should pass the Walt Disney/Marvel sci-fi sequel by the end of next week (or soon after) to become the summer's biggest domestic grosser."

He also mentions how Wonder Woman's domestic gross compares to some top-grossing hits of the past:

"At $380.7 million, it is pennies away from passing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II ($381m in 2011) to become Warner Bros.' third-biggest domestic grosser ever, behind only The Dark Knight Rises ($448m in 2012 and sans 3D) and The Dark Knight ($534m in 2008 and sans 3D). When that happens, it will also be the biggest 3D movie ever in North America not released by Universal or Walt Disney since 20th Century Fox's Avatar back in 2009. It's already the biggest domestic grosser of any movie not released by Universal or Disney since Lionsgate's Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($424m in late 2013)."

And finally, he addresses worldwide grosses:

"In terms of worldwide grosses, Wonder Woman has now earned $764.9 million global (it earned $3.3m overseas this weekend), putting it within striking distance of Guardians of the Galaxy ($773m in 2014), Deadpool ($783m with an R-rating, sans 3D and without China) and Spider-Man 2 ($784m in 2004). It has already passed the likes of Amazing Spider-Man ($757m in 2012) and Maleficent ($758m in 2014). Again, $800 million worldwide isn't a guarantee, but if it catches fire in Japan on August 25th, well, that becomes more plausible every week."

Et voila! Wonder Woman is leaving her mark on the world and is going to be the one to thank for all the other superheroine movies that will be given the green light because Diana of Themyscira, daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, left her home, took all the fire, and, in the name of all that is good in the world, proved superheroine movies could be so much more than anyone except Patty Jenkins believed they could be.

Hurrah and Huzzah!
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Wonder Woman is scheduled to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 19th.