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Wonder Womantook in $ 39 million ( or , to be precise , $ 38.8 million ) at the U.S. boxwood office on Friday , sustain the DC Extended Universe film on trail for a $ 95 million domestic possibility weekend . The Gal Gadot - headline movie - the first distaff superhero - anchor tentpole release in the modern age of the superhero film genre - start its domestic box office run off with$11 million from Thursday preview masking , after bring in unattackable review from critics earlier in the hebdomad ( as evidenced byWonder Womanbeing " indorse Fresh"onRotten Tomatoes ) .
Director Patty Jenkins ' superhero picture show is the fourth installation in the DCEU overall ( followingMan of Steel , Batman V Superman : Dawn of JusticeandSuicide Squad ) and the first of two DCEU films scheduled for 2017 , including this November’sJustice League- which Gadot will repeat her role as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman for . As far as possible action weekend competition pop off , Wonder Womanis facing off against a very different sort of superhero movie at the box office : the animatedCaptain Underpants : The First Epic Movie , ground on the popularCaptain Underpantschildren ’s book serial publication .
Captain Underpantswas also well - receive by critics ( case in point , seeScreen Rant’sCaptain Underpantsreview ) and the $ 38 million project held its own againstWonder Woman , taking in $ 8 million at the U.S. boxwood office on Friday . While that set the enliven film on - course to gross around $ 24 million total over the weekend ( a very good start , given the film ’s slim yield budget),Wonder Womancould wind up making nearly four time as much over the same period of time . It no doubt avail that audiences are enjoyingWonder Womantoo , with the flick receiving an A CinemaScore from general motion-picture fan .
The strong turnouts for bothWonder WomanandCaptain Underpantsought to come as welcome news for motion-picture show studio , especially come after on the bounder of thelowest - grossing Memorial Weekend boxful officesince 1999 , just last month . Where s the two new release over the Memorial Day vacation frame ( BaywatchandPirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales ) both received middling - to - negative reviews at best , this week ’s new arrival were far better incur overall , by comparison . studio now have to go for that their otherJune 2017 film releasescan keep that momentum going , following what was overall a lackluster box function turnout in May ( the winner ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2aside ) .
As forWonder Woman- while its domestic box office staff initiative will be far scurvy than that for the last two DCEU celluloid in picky ( Batman V SupermanandSuicide Squad ) , those movie were also far more divisive and wound up front - loaded at the box office , no doubt in part as a side gist . admiration Womanought to have better legs at the box agency by comparison , thanks to its more universally - enthusiastic receipt , and could even wander up with a domesticated totality that equal that of its DCEU peers , when all is suppose and done . Either way that you skip it , Wonder Woman ’s profits is a triumph for the DCEUtoo .
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Source : Box Office Reuters
