Last weekend,Wonder Womanset a newbox office recordby taking in $103.2 million, the highest opening weekend ever for a female-directed movie. The DCEU superhero movie squared off against Universal’sThe Mummyreboot, the first movie in the studio’s Dark Universe franchise, A24’s indie thrillerIt Comes at Nightand Bleecker Street’s true story adaptationMegan Leavey. None of these movies were expected to put up much of a fight this weekend, withWonder Womancoming out on top for the second weekend in a row with an impressive $57.1 million.
Box Office Mojoreports that this hitWonder Woman movieonly dropped 44.6% this weekend, earning an impressive $13,729 per-screen average from 4,165 theaters. This weekend’s haul putsWonder Woman’s domestic gross up to $205 million, with a worldwide total of $435.2 million, from a $149 million budget. The movie is a hit with critics as well, with an impressive 93% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the first “Fresh” movie to come out of Warner Bros. DC Extended Universe (DCEU). With an impressive second weekend in the books, it will be interesting to see how much longevityWonder Womanhas at the box office.
While it didn’t open as big as the first two movies in the DCEU,Wonder Womanmay have enough staying power to out-gross its predecessors.Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicedebuted with an impressive $166.1 million last March, which turned out to be roughly half of its $330.3 million domestic take. It also earned $873.2 million worldwide from a $250 million budget.Suicide Squadput up a $133.6 million opening weekend which represented 41.1% of its domestic total of $325.1 million ($745.6 million worldwide) from a $175 million budget.Wonder Womanwas produced under a $149 million budget, and it has become the firstDCEU movieto be certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It will be interesting to see ifWonder Womancan outgross bothBatman v SupermanandSuicide Squadas it continues its box office run.
As expected, Universal’sThe Mummyopened decently with $32.2 million, although it still came in under most analysts' expectations. The movie opened in 4,035 theaters, earning a solid $7,992 per-screen average. With the movie being produced under a $125 million budget, it could be profitable, but that likely depends on how it performs overseas. The movie has gotten off to a strong start internationally, with an opening weekend of $141.8 million, bringing its worldwide total to $174 million. This project did not get theDark Universeoff to a strong start critically, though, with just a 17% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The top 10 is rounded out byCaptain Underpants: The First Epic Movie($12.3 million),Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales($10.7 million),Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2($6.2 million),It Comes at Night($6 million),Baywatch($4.6 million),Megan Leavey($3.7 million),Alien: Covenant($1.8 million) andEverything, Everything($1.6 million). Also opening in limited release is Fox Searchlight’s romanceMy Cousin Rachel, which earned $954,000 from 523 theaters for a $1,824 per-screen average, Roadside Attractions' comedyBeatriz At Dinner, which earned $150,160
from five theaters for a $30,032 per-screen average, The Orchard’s dramatic comedyThe Hero, which earned $48,414 from four theaters for a $12,104 per-screen average, Freestyle Releasing’s dramaMiles, which took in $5,176 from two theaters for a $2,588 per-screen average and Oscilloscope Pictures' documentaryNight School, which took in $1,600 from one theater.
Looking ahead to next weekend, four new movies open in wide release, such as Disney Pixar’s animated sequelCars 3, Open Road Films' Tupac Shakur biopicAll Eyez On Me, Sony Pictures' R-rated comedyRough Nightand Entertainment Studios'47 Meters Down. Also opening in limited release is Focus Features' dramaThe Book of Henry, Abramorama’s documentaryHare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started it All, Indican’s action movieJasmineIFC’s dramatic comedyThe Journey, Oscilloscope Pictures' comedyLost in Paris, Sony Pictures Classics' dramaMaudieand Vertical Entertainment’s dramaPray for Rain.
