Warner Bros. and DC's Justice League remained in the second spot with $ 9.6 million and Lionsgate's
sleeper hit Wonder placed third with $ 8.5 million.
Not exact matches
This often happens with
sleeper hits indicating that word of mouth is keeping them buzzing but it's much much rarer with films that open as big as
Wonder Woman did.
The
sleeper hit status of Wind River - its gross has now tripled its budget - makes you
wonder if we aren't underestimating the awards prospects of that one.
Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «
sleeper hit,» you have to
wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.
No
wonder it became this summer's
sleeper hit.
Warner Bros. and DC's «Justice League» took second place with $ 9.6 million and Lionsgate's
sleeper hit «
Wonder,» which has now passed $ 100 million, placed third with $ 8.5 million.
This included the recently released «
Wonder Woman» movie, Damien Chazelle's «La La Land» and the 2014
sleeper hit action film, «John Wick.»