Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest -
grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based film.
Not exact matches
According to Variety and others, that makes it the highest -
grossing live action
film ever
directed by a
woman.
In fact, Wonder
Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestica
Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first
woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestica
woman to
direct a superhero movie and the
film ended up as the highest -
grossing movie ever helmed
by a
woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestica
woman (along with being last year's third - highest
grossing film domestically).
According to a study from the Center for the Study of
Women in Television and Film, the number of women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by w
Women in Television and Film, the number of
women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by w
women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest -
grossing domestic
films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being
directed by womenwomen.
Women in Cinema: With the highest opening of 2014 and the fifteenth highest opening of all time, at the domestic box office, Mockingjay Part 1, which
grossed nearly $ 122 million in its opening weekend, might inaccurately give the impression that female
films (starring, written
by or
directed by) are making progress at the box office.
And with Patty Jenkins's Wonder
Woman breaking the record for highest - grossing live - action film directed by a woman in the world, it's already a landmark year for women in this f
Woman breaking the record for highest -
grossing live - action
film directed by a
woman in the world, it's already a landmark year for women in this f
woman in the world, it's already a landmark year for
women in this field.
«I think in 2014, only 7 percent of the Top 250
grossing films were
directed by women.
The
film, which is the highest -
grossing movie
directed by a
woman ever - in Patty Jenkins - has, to date, earned $ 781 million at the box office and has a 92 % Rotten Tomatoes score with critics (and 90 % with fans).