The money is also notably higher than other women-led comic book super hero/villain films, like Catwoman, which brought in $82 million worldwide, and Elektra, which grossed $57 million its opening weekend. Of course, both these films were released before the juggernaut of super hero franchises really got going and studios understood the formula for building up our panting expectations.
Still, the success of Wonder Woman is undeniable, and Entertainment Weekly reports that though there is no official word on a sequel, you can bet your bustier we’ll be seeing Gal Godot crack that whip again. Patty Jenkins was already reflecting on where she’ll send our hero in future adventures when she spoke with them in April, saying, “The story will take place in the US, which I think is right,” she said. “She’s Wonder Woman. She’s got to come to America. It’s time.”
“I’m not a big obligation person when it comes to art. You want to do a movie like this because you believe in it,” she said to Entertainment Weekly. “Then I had this revelation in the middle of the night: this is your dream cast, you’ve created a character that you love and you can say anything you want in the world right now.”
“Then I realized that Wonder Woman 2 is its own great movie. I made Wonder Woman. Now I want to make Wonder Woman 2. It’s a beautiful story to tell, an important time to tell it and with people that I love.”
