Gal Gadot-starrer 'Wonder Woman' of Warner Bros. topped box office in North America with an estimated USD 100.5 million debut weekend, making the Patty Jenkins-directed superhero film the biggest ever opening weekend for a female director
'Wonder Woman'
'Wonder Woman' of Warner Bros. topped box office in North America with an estimated USD 100.5 million debut weekend, making the Patty Jenkins-directed superhero film the biggest ever opening weekend for a female director.
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The latest DC Comics superhero movie, starring Gal Gadot, is the first big-budget superhero movie with a female lead to be directed by a woman, Xinhua reported.
The previous record-holder for top opening for a female director was Sam Taylor-Johnson's "Fifty Shades of Grey" which debuted with an USD 85 million weekend in 2015.
Overseas, "Wonder Woman" also won the weekend with USD 122.5 million from 55 markets for a global cume of USD 223 million.
"A perfectly cast Gal Gadot in the lead role coupled with a great release date, killer marketing campaign and above all a great movie that has both critics and audiences buzzing on social media, contributed to this better than expected result," said movie analyst Paul Dergarabedian at comScore
ComScore/Screen Engine's PostTrak shows that audiences gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and the audience split was 52 per cent female and 48 per cent male.
Fox's PG animated superhero movie "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie" was a distant second place, bringing in an estimated USD 23.5 million in its opening weekend.
The animated family-friendly action adventure based on the children's novel series "Captain Underpants" by Day Pilkey.
Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" moved to the third place with an estimated USD 21.6 million.
The fifth installment of the "Pirates" franchise has earned USD 386.6 million to date internationally for a global total combined with North America of USD 501.2 million.
Disney and Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" landed in the fourth place with an estimated USD 9.7 million, bringing its five-week total to USD 355.5 million in North America and USD 816.6 million globally.
Paramount's "Baywatch" finished fifth with an estimated USD 8.5 million in its second weekend.
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