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In a defining moment for Hollywood\u2019s gender problem, <\/span>Patty Jenkins\u2019 <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>grossed a winning  $100.5 million from 4,165 theaters in its domestic box office debut, the biggest opening of all time for a female director.<\/p>\n

And overseas, <\/span>Wonder Woman <\/span><\/em>also won the weekend with $122.5 million from 55 markets for a global bow of $223 million, including a No. 1 debut in China with $38 million.<\/p>\n

Hollywood studios are notoriously loath to hire female directors, not to mention for a big-budget tentpole featuring a marquee superhero. <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em>\u2018s performance could put even more pressure on film companies to make women filmmakers more job offers.<\/p>\n

The <\/span>$150 milllion Warner Bros. movie, starring Gal Gadot, also launches the first film franchise featuring a female superhero after both <\/span>Catwoman<\/em> <\/span>and <\/span>Elektra<\/em> <\/span>flopped in the mid-2000\u2019s. <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>\u2014 which has been in <\/span>development since 1996 <\/span>\u2014 skewed female (52 percent), almost unheard for a superhero title, which usually draws an audience that is 60 percent male.<\/p>\n

Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>becomes the 16th superhero film to cross $100 million in its domestic box-office launch, a list that is topped by the likes of Marvel\u2019s <\/span>The Avengers<\/em> <\/span>($207 million), <\/span>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em> <\/span>($191.3 million), <\/span>Captain America: Civil War<\/em> <\/span>($179.1 million), <\/span>Iron Man 3<\/em> <\/span>($174 million) and <\/span>Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em> <\/span>($166 million).<\/p>\n

The previous record-holder for top opening for a female director was Sam Taylor-Johnson\u2019s <\/span>Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em>, not adjusting for inflation. That film debuted to $93 million over the four-day Valentine\u2019s Day\/Presidents Day weekend in 2015, including a three-day haul of $85 million.<\/p>\n

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Earning rapturous reviews and an A CinemaScore from audiences, <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>is a much-needed critical win for Warners and DC Entertainment, whose <\/span>Man of Steel<\/em> <\/span>(2013) and <\/span>Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em> <\/span>(2016) were largely snubbed.<\/p>\n

Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>also restores the luster to the early summer box office after the worst Memorial Day weekend in 18 years.<\/p>\n

Jenkins\u2019 movie opens as World War I pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) and his plane crash on Themyscira, the island of the Amazons, where the Princess Diana (Gadot) has been trained by her aunt, the great warrior Antiope (Robin Wright). Soon, Diana leaves the island to try and stop the war, marking the beginning of her transformation into Wonder Woman.<\/p>\n

Internationally, <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>came in ahead of fellow Warners superhero film <\/span>Man of Steel<\/em> <\/span>in many markets, including China. According to Warners, it is also pacing ahead of both <\/span>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> <\/span>movies, the first two <\/span>Iron Man<\/em> <\/span>films and the first two <\/span>Captain America<\/em> <\/span>titles, although none of those movies featured a marquee superhero.<\/p>\n

Wonder Woman snagged the fourth-best Warners opening in both China and Mexico ($8.4 million). It raked in $8.5 million in South Korea and $8.3 million in Brazil. In Europe, the movie debuted to $7.5 million in the U.K., although it lost in Russia and Italy to <\/span>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales<\/em>. <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>has yet to open in several major markets, including France and Germany.<\/p>\n

Imax theaters accounted for $18.3 million globally \u2014 the third biggest launch for a DC Comics film \u2014 including $9 million domestically.<\/p>\n

The weekend\u2019s other new offering, DreamWorks Animation\u2019s <\/span>Captain Underpants: The First Epic<\/em> Movie<\/em>, placed No. 2 behind <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>with an estimated $23.5 million from 3,434 theaters after costing a modest $38 million to produce.<\/p>\n

Based on the popular book series, <\/span>Captain Underpants <\/span><\/em>tells the tale of two fourth-grade troublemakers (voiced by Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch) who hypnotize their mean principal (Ed Helms) into thinking he\u2019s Captain Underpants, a hero from a comic book. The movie\u2019s characters also include Professor Pippy P. Poopypants (Nick Kroll) and a school snitch named Melvin Sneedly (Jordan Peele).<\/p>\n

Captain Underpants<\/em> <\/span>is the final DWA title that Fox will distribute before Universal takes over all marketing and distribution duties for DWA movies. (NBCUniversal bought DWA last year.)<\/p>\n

Among holdovers, Disney\u2019s <\/span>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales<\/em> <\/span>tumbled 66 percent in its second weekend domestically \u2014 the biggest drop of any film in the franchise \u2014 to $21.6 million for a domestic total of $114.6 million. But overseas, <\/span>Pirates 5<\/em> <\/span>continues to find plenty of treasure, earning another $73.8 million and jumping the $500 million mark globally. In addition to Russia, it prevailed over <\/span>Wonder Woman<\/em> <\/span>in Spain and in a number of smaller markets.<\/p>\n

Dead Men Tell No Tales <\/span><\/em>placed No. 3 domestically, followed by fellow Disney release, <\/span>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>, with roughly $9.7 million for a global tally of $816.6 million.<\/p>\n

Paramount and Skydance\u2019s <\/span>Baywatch<\/em>, which bombed in its U.S. debut last weekend, rounded out the top five with $8.5 million for a domestic total of $41.7 million. The R-rated movie fell nearly 55 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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