With its unconventional release, “Wonder Woman 1984” is officially the top-performing feature film launched during the pandemic-laden ticket office.
The Warner Bros. and DC Comics superhero flick reportedly made $16.7 million domestically across 2,151 theaters since its Christmas Day debut, according to Deadline.
Internationally, the sequel’s overall gross is approximated to be around $85 million since Sunday afternoon, according to initial information assembled by Box Workplace Mojo by IMDbPro.
“Wonder Female 1984” also appears to have outshined its Christmas Day competitor, “News of the World,” which is an action experience western that stars Tom Hanks. The Universal Pictures-distributed film is said to have racked up just $2.4 million in the very same three-day duration.
Previous titles that have held the top spot for a minimum of a single week in the last quarter of 2020 include “The Croods: A New Age,” “Beast Hunter,” “Freaky,” “Let Him Go,” “Come Play,” “Honest Burglar,” “The War with Grandpa” and “Tenet.”
Only Warner Bros. action sci-fi flick “Tenet” appears to have exceeded “Wonder Lady 1984” on its opening weekend with $20.2 million, according to domestic box workplace records shared by the studio.
Relatively, “The Croods: A New Age” by Universal Pictures was released a day before Thanksgiving and has actually been a high-performer by pandemic standards. The animated film snagged the number one area for 5 weekends in a row and has earned more than $98.2 million since its release.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Christmas Day releases were normally reserved for multimillion-dollar smash hits.
In 2019 the top-grossing motion picture for the Christmas weekend was Disney’s “Star Wars: Episode IX –– The Increase of Skywalker” at $78.6 million. The year before that was Warner and DC’s “Aquaman” at $78.4 million.
Outside of the fall-winter holiday, the very first “Wonder Lady” motion picture made $821.8 million around the world in 2017 from 45 markets, according to Box Office Mojo.
Though, “Wonder Female 1984” has already surpassed Warner and DC’s “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” from February, which earned $84.1 domestically and $201.8 million worldwide. It significantly was launched a month prior to coronavirus lockdowns hit the U.S.
“Wonder Female 1984” is playing in open theaters and is readily available for streaming on HBO Max.