Wonder Woman 1984 Beats Tenet and Saves Cinemas in the US
Wonder Woman 1984 is doing so well in the USA that it brought about an increase in stock prices of the American cinema chain. Moreover, them movie's director revealed that she plans to close the story of Wonder Woman in four films.
Wonder Woman 1984 debuted in American cinemas on December 25. The initial financial results are very positive, especially considering the impact of the coronavirus on this market. On the opening weekend in the United States, WW84 earned 16.7 million dollars. This is the best result since the beginning of the pandemic. This is an important event, as most of the competing movie companies decided to delay their premieres.
By comparison, Tenet, another Warner Bros. superproduction, only made $9.5 million on the opening weekend. The victory of Wonder Woman 1984 is all the more impressive because in the USA the film is screened in fewer cinemas than Nolan's production.
The investors were enthusiastic about the good results of Wonder Woman 1984 on the American market. As a result, the stock prices of chains such as Cinemark, Imax, Marcus Corp. and National CineMedia increased by 3-7%. It is worth mentioning that the movie did much worse outside the US, but overall Warner Bros. can be satisfied, as the third part has already been announced.
The series is unlikely to close in a trilogy anyway. In an interview for Entertainment Weekly, director Patty Jenkins revealed that apart from Wonder Woman 3 she has one more story planned about this superhero. The fourth part would close the whole movie saga and be Jenkins' farewell to the brand.
It is worth remembering that since the US premiere WW84 is also available on the HBO Max streaming platform. On the day of its debut, the movie was watched by more than half of its subscribers. As we can see, despite this, many people were ready to risk a visit to the cinemas.
Wonder Woman 1984 achieved a decent result in the US despite the fact that cinemas in key markets (including New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco) were closed due to the pandemic. According to analysts, the result of $16.7 million on the opening weekend corresponds to $110-120 million under normal conditions. By comparison, the first Wonder Woman obtained 103 million dollars in the same period, so the experts believe that if it wasn't for the coronavirus sequel would have had a better launch than the original one.
