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[kswiston]

Wonder Woman will make a little over $1M this weekend to become the highest grossing superhero origin film of all time domestically with $404M and counting. The title was previously held by Spider-Man ($403.7M) for over 15 years. Before Spider-Man, the record holder was Batman 1989 ($251M). Batman and Spider-man also held the overall superhero gross record for 13 and 6 years respectively.


Here's how the all time domestic superhero chart looks as of Friday (Aug 18). Wonder Woman will add roughly $750k to what is listed through Sunday.

Depending on holds in the next few weeks, Wonder Woman could potentially top Civil War and Iron Man 3 domestically. This would give DC a majority share of the domestic superhero Top 5 for the first time since 2004. Of course, both Civil War and Iron Man 3 will remain far ahead worldwide.


Wonder Woman is also set to pass another milestone this weekend, breaking the $800M mark worldwide. It is currently the 5th highest grossing film of the year worldwide, behind Beauty and the Beast, Fate of the Furious, Despicable Me 3, and Guardians of the Galaxy v2. However, both Spider-Man Homecoming and the Chinese Film Wolf Warrior 2 are likely to pass Wonder Woman in coming weeks.

Wonder Woman's release in Japan next weekend will determine whether the film is able to displace Spider-Man as the top superhero origin film worldwide ($822M). The Japanese run will need to come in somewhere between $17-19M to hit that mark, depending on remaining domestic legs.


EDIT: Wonder Woman is also the third highest grossing film in Warner Bros history domestically

 

[Sunster]

welp

 

[- J - D -]

That's a misleading title. You're missing a word there.

edit: fixed

 

[SpaceWolf]

Well, I'll be.

 

[Van Bur3n]

It was a good movie.

 

[Kthulhu]

I wonder if this means DC will make more Wonder Woman stuff.

 

[TheMan]

That's a misleading title. You're missing a word there.

Yeah, that made the chart confusing

 

[Volimar]

Thought Deadpool would be higher. R rating put some limitations on it I guess.


Remember when we were praying WW wouldn't bomb for the sake of more female led superhero films?

 

[Astral Dog]

I wonder if this means DC will make more Wonder Woman stuff.

Ñever thought Wonder Woman would be more anticipated than Batman

 

[PoorChoices]

Good. Its a great movie.

 

[kswiston]

That's a misleading title. You're missing a word there.

Which word? Titles have limited length, but I thought that I included everything.

 

[Einchy]

I wonder if this means DC will make more Wonder Woman stuff.

I know you're kidding but how nuts is it that we still don't know when a Man of Steel 2 is coming but we do know when Wonder Woman 2's release date is.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Spider-Man keeps on failing this summer. Time for Marvel to sell the character to Lionsgate.

 

[Volimar]

Spider-Man keeps on failing this summer. Time for Marvel to sell the character to Lionsgate.

That's a shame. I really enjoyed the film.

 

[DecoReturns]

What a success story.

Amusing that Wonder Woman and Batman are the top domestic grossing movies for WB. If only a Superman solo was there as well.

 

[kswiston]

That's a shame. I really enjoyed the film.

He is joking. Spider-man Homecoming will finish over $325M domestic, and will end somewhere around $850M worldwide.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Which word? Titles have limited length, but I thought that I included everything.

There is nothing missing. It says domestic and superhero origin right there.

 

[Platy]

So sad that Female Super Hero movies aren't profitable .... imagine if it were than this movie would have made some really huge records

 

[Shauni]

What a great success story.

 

[kmfdmpig]

He is joking. Spider-man Homecoming will finish over $325M domestic, and will end somewhere around $850M worldwide.

It's hilarious that so many writers jumped on the "superhero movies are dying" train this summer despite how well superhero movies did this year and how poorly many non-superhero movies performed.

 

[Shin K Dash]

I wonder if this means DC will make more Wonder Woman stuff.

Wonder Woman Cinematic Universe

 

[broncobuster]

Well deserved. And after years of using previous superheroine movie failures to dissuade newer ones, it's nice to know this can be held up as s massive success.

 

[Kthulhu]

I know you're kidding but how nuts is it that we still don't know when a Man of Steel 2 is coming but we do know when Wonder Woman 2's release date is.

I wasn't kidding. Wonder Woman doesn't have nearly as large as pop culture presence as Batman or Superman despite supposedly being one of DCs big 3.

I also wasn't referring to movies. Obviously there will be more of those.

 

[- J - D -]

Which word? Titles have limited length, but I thought that I included everything.

Looks like a mod fixed it already. "origin".

 

[Realeza]

Absolutely well deserved. The movie was fantastic.

 

[gustave154]

Wonder Woman indeed.

 

[Einchy]

I wasn't kidding. Wonder Woman doesn't have nearly as large as pop culture presence as Batman or Superman despite supposedly being one of DCs big 3.

Oh, well, I would assume they'll be pushing more Wonder Woman related media. They'd be numb not to.

 

[Astral Dog]

Fuck Batffleck
Gangster Joker and trash Harley too

 

[DeathyBoy]

I wasn't kidding. Wonder Woman doesn't have nearly as large as pop culture presence as Batman or Superman despite supposedly being one of DCs big 3.

I also wasn't referring to movies. Obviously there will be more of those.

She was always one of DC's big 3.

The narrative she wasn't was always ridiculous. Thankfully this film is conclusive proof.

 

[EGM1966]

Which word? Titles have limited length, but I thought that I included everything.

Unadjusted.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Give Jenkins the keys to the kingdom.
She'd make a fucking great Superman movie.

 

[Ross61]

Fuck Batffleck
Gangster Joker and trash Harley too

 

[Veelk]

 

[kswiston]

Looks like a mod fixed it already. "origin".

Whoops. I had to edit the title a few times to fit. That was in there originally, so I didn't even notice the mod edit. I also had the $800M stat in the title at one point, but couldn't fit that and signify that this record is for domestic box office, so I figured that keeping the worldwide total would be confusing. I must have accidentally deleted the word origin when I put in domestic.

Thanks anonymous mod!

 

[Daingurse]

Extremely impressive. I never could of predicted it surpassing Deadpool domestically, let alone Spider-Man. I'm very interested to see what impact this is going to have going forward.

Wonder Woman has pull!

 

[ReiGun]

My girl did it.

Bow down, bitches.

Spoiler

This movie's success has been extremely vindicating for me in a way I'm almost embarassed to admit.

 

[Ragnorok64]

How much longer do you think it'll be in theaters? I still need to see it.

 

[TheTylerDurden]

My girl did it.

Bow down, bitches.

You are completely correct, except you're talking about MY girl.

Honest mistake.

 

[- J - D -]

Whoops. I had to edit the title a few times to fit. That was in there originally, so I didn't even notice the mod edit. I also had the $800M stat in the title at one point, but couldn't fit that and signify that this record is for domestic box office, so I figured that keeping the worldwide total would be confusing. I must have accidentally deleted the word origin when I put in domestic.

Thanks anonymous mod!

Cool. Thanks for your efforts, swis.

 

[broncobuster]

She was always one of DC's big 3.

The narrative she wasn't was always ridiculous. Thankfully this film is conclusive proof.

I think the issue is that, yes, she's one of the big three. But those three haven't been treated equal. Heck, Batman content easily outweighs Superman and Wonder Woman combined.

Still hoping they plan a Wonder Woman video game now that there's proof of her potential.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Age of Ultron is a Vision origin film and Iron Man 3 is a Kid Nova origin film. Try again, Diana.

 

[tonysidaway]

I don't normally turn out for DC films (they're often too dark and domestic for me, and I've always been more of a Spidey type. And don't even get me started on Batman.) But yeah, if any DC character makes me smile and beam rainbows it's got to be Wonder Woman. Lynda Carter was impressive in the part, and to this day her credibility as the one great DC superhero on television in her era is paying dividends for DC.

 

[The One and Done™]

Terrific movie. My wife and little boy loved it.

 

[Volimar]

He is joking. Spider-man Homecoming will finish over $325M domestic, and will end somewhere around $850M worldwide.

 

[kswiston]

If you add in the Sony Pictures handicap, Spider-Man Homecoming made like $1.5B Disney dollars.

 

[SArcher]

I hope Patty and Gal get paid well for the sequel, they deserve it.

 

[Killthee]

How much longer do you think it'll be in theaters? I still need to see it.

Not much longer if it's even still showing. The digital release is in 10 days.

 

[jett]

Batman and Spider-man also held the overall superhero gross record for a decade plus each.

Not sure what you mean here, TDK came out six years after Spider-man.

 

[Killthee]

Nm

 

[kswiston]

Not sure what you mean here, TDK came out six years after Spider-man.

Massive slip of the mind. I edited that sentence. Thanks.

He never mentioned TDK, he said Batman 89.

The first part about the origin record was right, but TDK did take overall record in 2008. For some reason that slipped my mind, so I was just thinking of the Avengers in 2012.