© 2017 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND RATPAC ENTERTAINMENT, LLC(LOS ANGELES) — Wonder Woman displayed some serious girl power this weekend with an estimated $100 million dollar opening — the biggest for a female-directed feature, $15 million more than the previous record-holder, Shades of Grey.
Shattering glass ceilings as well as box office records, the film, directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, also had the largest opening for a female-led comic adaptation, crushing Ghost in the Shell, starring Scarlet Johansson, which premiered with $18 million.
Internationally, Wonder Woman brought in upwards of $122 million in its opening weekend, besting Man of Steel, Thor, The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, the animated feature starring the voices of Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll and Jordan Peele, took second place, with an estimated $23.5 million haul.
Last week’s box office champ, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, finished third with $21.6 million. The fifth Pirates movie has now topped the $500 million mark worldwide. Disney is the parent company of ABC News.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 bowed in fourth place, earning an estimated $9.7 million; and Baywatch rounded out the top five with $8.5 million.
Here are the top 10 movies from Friday through Sunday, with estimated weekend gross ticket sales:
1. Wonder Woman, $100 million
2. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, $23.5 million
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, $21.6 million
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, $9.7 million
5. Baywatch, $8.5 million
6. Alien: Covenant, $4 million
7. Everything, Everything, $3.3 million
8. Snatched, $1,3 million
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, $1.2 million
10. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, $1.17 million
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