Some call it a betrayal of the exhibition industry, which has been hard hit by coronavirus shutdowns. That fact, and the subsequent announcement from the film’s studio, Warner Bros., that its entire 2021 slate of films would premiere the same way, has drummed up significant controversy. Instead, in a sign of how swiftly the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the industry upside down, “Wonder Woman 1984" will become the first tentpole title to premiere in theaters and at home simultaneously when it hits the streaming platform HBO Max on Christmas Day in the U.S. Disney’s “Mulan” would have opened in March.) (Marvel had “Black Widow” scheduled for May, followed by “The Eternals” in November. And it would have played a central role in what looked like a watershed year for female-directed tentpole movies.
Originally scheduled for release in June, “Wonder Woman 1984" was seen as one of summer’s surefire hits.Įxpectations were so high that industry observers forecast it would gross $1 billion worldwide, besting the $800-million-plus global gross of the original. Three years after the DC Comics icon became the first female superhero to headline a contemporary blockbuster, a much anticipated sequel reunites breakout star Gal Gadot with powerhouse director Patty Jenkins. Wonder Woman is breaking new ground yet again.
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