‘Wonder Woman: 1984’ dominates box office for third weekend, still expected to lose money

“Wonder Woman: 1984” dominated the still-tepid U.S. box office for the third straight weekend in a row.

The highly-anticipated superhero sequel had one more spectacular displaying in a subject that’s considerably devoid of any competitors. The movie is one of many solely main blockbusters studio officers have been keen to launch within the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down nearly all theaters within the United States. It’s box office numbers are additionally spectacular given the daring resolution to launch the movie on HBO Max as well as to theaters. However, the studio is still expected to lose money on the film.

According to Variety, “Wonder Woman: 1984” earned a powerful $3 million between Friday and Sunday, bringing its complete within the U.S. and Canada to $32.6 million. Overseas, in the meantime, the movie grabbed $4.7 million giving it a global tally of $98.8 million. 

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The film outperformed practically each movie launched because the pandemic compelled theaters to lockdown and studios to push again the discharge of key tentpoles. Unfortunately for Warner Bros. the box office gross sales are still a far cry from what the movie, with an estimated $200 million funds, hoped to acquire in earnings.

Despite taking a monetary hit on the film, the longer term still seems shiny for “Wonder Woman.” Warner Bros. has already greenlit a third film starring Gal Gadot with director Patty Jenkins on board, in accordance to Deadline. 

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Jenkins beforehand discussed the plot of the third installment within the franchise in an interview with Collider. 

“We actually already know the whole story to (‘Wonder Woman 3’) and then some because there is an Amazon (spinoff) movie as well and so we already have it all mapped out,” she mentioned in December of 2019. “It’s just a matter of, will we change our minds and when.”

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Although a whole lot of the work is completed by way of the story, the director wished to mood followers’ expectations for the timeline of a third film.

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“I think what we don’t want to do is do it back-to-back,” the director admitted. “It’s been great doing these two movies back-to-back, but I think it’s important to give it a little rest in between. And, I like doing other things in between, and Gal has other things to do. I never want to make decisions too far in advance. We have to see if we both feel like making the movie we think we want to make when the moment comes.”