Patty Jenkins is a star.
Wonder Woman banked an estimated $100.5 million in domestic ticket sales, making it the largest-ever opening for a film directed by a woman — that’s Jenkins. It’s also the most critically acclaimed DC Extended Universe to date by a wide margin, with a “fresh” rating that almost exceeds the combined “rotten” ratings of its three predecessors.
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Sunday totals are still just an estimate of course, but there is virtually zero chance of Jenkins falling short of the record. The previous #1 was Sam Taylor-Johnson, the director of Fifty Shades of Grey, which opened with $85.2 million at the U.S. box office in 2015. Read more…
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