Patty Jenkins' 'Wonder Woman' Is Now The Fifth Biggest Superhero Movie Ever In North America
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Patty Jenkins' 'Wonder Woman' Is Now The Fifth Biggest Superhero Movie Ever In North America
Forbes writes on Monday that "Yup, on today, its 95th day of release, the Gal Gadot/Chris Pine superhero adventure movie has cleared $409.1m domestic. That means, inflation notwithstanding, the film is the fifth-biggest superhero movie of all time in North America, behind only 'The Dark Knight Rises' ($448m), 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' ($459m), 'The Dark Knight' ($534m) and 'The Avengers' ($623m).."
'Wonder Woman' has out-grossed all but four male-driven comic book superhero movies. Yet, it is merely the eighth-biggest female-led blockbuster of all time in North America, behind 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' ($425 million), 'Finding Dory' ($486m), 'Beauty and the Beast' ($504m), 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' ($529m), 'Jurassic World' ($652m), 'Titanic' ($658m) and 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' ($937m).
Jenkins is interviewed, along with Lucy Davis who plays Etta Candy, in the film, by Laura Brounstein for Cosmopolitan. Front of mind is 'Titanic' director James Cameron who took it upon himself to mansplain why 'Wonder Woman' is not a feminist film. In fact, Cameron argued in an interview forThe Guardian that the film represents a setback for women. Jenkins responded on Twitter:
