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Wonder Womanhas officially become the highest - gross superhero origin movie at the domesticated box office . The Patty Jenkins - direct film has surpassed well-nigh every expectation , both critically and commercially . It not only come off the heels of three divisive films , two of which were think of to launch the burgeon DC Extended Universe ( Batman V Superman : Dawn of JusticeandSuicide Squad ) , but the moving picture – which see to it Gal Gadot reprise herBatman V Supermanrole as Diana Prince , aka Wonder Woman – was also the first major female person - led superhero movie of its kind .
It became the DCEU ’s first movie to becertified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes , and it also do tosurpass each DCEU picture show at the domestic box office , and all but one ( Batman V Superman ) at the worldwide box office . Wonder Woman ’s incredible box berth achiever , both domestically and globally , has garnered Jenkins the phonograph recording for thehighest - grossing film calculate by a woman , surpassing both Phyllida Lloyd’sMamma Mia!($609.8 million ) and Jennifer Yuh Nelson’sKung Fu Panda 2($665.7 million ) . The thing is , the film was n’t done break records yet .
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curiosity Womanpassed $ 400 million at the domestic box officeearlier this calendar month ( becoming the only summer flick to do so ) , and itpassed $ 800 million globally this weekend . It currently has a globose cume of on the nose $ 800 million , of which somewhat more than half come from domesticated theater : $ 404 million . According toBox Office Mojo , that bit putsWonder Womanjust past Sam Raimi ’s originalSpider - Manfilm ( $ 403.7 million ) , starring Tobey Maguire , thus makingWonder Womanthe highest - grossing superhero origin story ever released .
It ’s deserving note thatWonder Womanhad passedSpider - Man ’s unadjusted gross , but consider that all domestic record book are mold by unadjusted grosses , the record still stands . The record also intend thatWonder Womanhas surpassed every other superhero origin story domestically , include the likes ofBatman($251 million),Big Hero 6($222 million),Iron Man($318 million),Guardians of the Galaxy($333 million ) , and evenDeadpool($363 million ) – which remains in third place .
moreover , sinceWonder Womanhas broken past the $ 800 million mark globally , it persist in 2d place for the superhero stock record at the worldwide box office , whichSpider - Manstill holds at $ 821 million . Considering that the DCEU movie has yet to release in Japan ( August 25 ) , where it ’s expect to do quite well , it ’s possible thatWonder WomanoverthrowsSpider - Manaltogether . And if it deal to perform remotely as well asFrozendid in Japan , it ’s possible that it could dethroneBatman V Superman($873.3 million ) to become the highest - grossing DCEU movie thus far . disregarding of whether or not the film breaks anymore records , it has had quite the run at the box bureau , and expectancy is now even higher forWonder Woman 2 .
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