Wonder Woman 1984 collapses at its second box office weekend

Fans are excited to see it Wonderful woman At work again in the movie Wonder Woman 1984 – championship Gal Gadot And take out Patty Jenkins – apparently you were not willing to pay for it. The new movie that debuted on December 25, It fell 67 percent in the second weekend In domestic American theaters. the movies This weekend’s opening was valued at $ 36.1 millionThe global total has reached $ 118.5 million so far.

Wonder Woman’s dramatic decline in earnings can be attributed to a number of factors including Theaters closed due to the pandemic; Fans Watch the movie on HBO Max (Without additional charges for their subscribers); And the movie gets poor reviews from fans who share their opinions on social media

The decline in movie earnings can also be attributed to Wonder Woman’s release date 1984. The movie was originally set in June 2020, Then AugustAnd the Then OctoberThen finally in December on Christmas Day. Most comic book movies do not open on Christmas Day.

It is also not clear how much HBO Max would influence the final film gross. Fans who were unable to see Wonder Woman 1984 in theaters due to pandemic fears, Set to movie on HBO Max. If they are already subscribers, they should see Wonder Woman at no extra charge.

Then there are the reviews of critics and fans. Wonder Woman 1984 Rotten Tomatoes has a 61 percent rating from critics And 74% of fans.

That’s much less than the original 2017 Wonder Woman movie, which contains Rotten Tomatoes rating 93 percent of critics And 84% of fans. This is unexpected given the critics. First reactions to Wonder Woman 1984 were positive.

Not only that, fans took to social media on the film’s release date to express their disappointment in Wonder Woman 1984. This negative word of mouth could have also contributed to the film’s less-than-excellent performance at the box office.

Regardless, this news of a sharp drop in numbers in its second weekend is not good news for DC Comics or Warner Bros. Time will determine whether other films will suffer the same fate the same day streamed onto services like HBO Max.

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