It’s official:Patty Jenkins’Wonder Womanis now the top-grossing superhero origin movie in both the domestic and worldwide box offices. In five months,Gal Gadot’s Amazon warrior princess has rocketed to the top of the charts past such household names as her fellow DC Comics heroes Batman, Superman, and Green Lantern, while also besting Marvel’s Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the MCU. And as far as superhero movies go, it’s only super-sequels and team-ups that outearnWonder Woman. Impressive stuff,no matter whatJames Cameronthinks.
AsForbesreports that, as of yesterday, the total worldwide tally forWonder Womanpushed past 2002’sSam Raimicontemporary classicSpider-Manto take the top spot of superhero origin movies with$821.74 million. Spidey’s early 2000s origin story stood for just about 15 years at the #1 ranking with $821.70 million worldwide, just as it occupied the top domestic spot with $403.7 million.Wonder Womanmore easily eclipsed that tally with a total of more than$412.5 million in Stateside sales.
This thing is a juggernaut, and shows no signs of slowing down on a franchise level. Wonder Woman is easily the best thing going for Warner Bros. when it comes to the launch ofJustice Leagueon November 17th.Jason Momoa’s Aquaman might end up being the surprise crowd-pleaser, or perhaps that honor will go toEzra Miller’s Flash, but until those two get their own standalone origin stories, you can expectWonder Womanto hold this record for a little while longer.
Then there’s the Marvel side of things with the massively anticipatedBlack Pantherrolling out in February 2018. Will that origin movie surpassWonder Womanbefore the film has had a chance to fully enjoy its spot atop the heap? Or perhaps the Amazonian will reign supreme until Marvel’s female-forward superhero origin storyCaptain Marvelarrives on the scene in 2019? Regardless, hopefully this finally opens the eyes to filmmakers (and toymakers) that the ladies have every right to star front-and-center in their own films and franchises, and when they do so, they can outperform even the most famous fictional men in history.
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