FILM · 2017 · USA

Wonder Woman

Directed by

Patty Jenkins

Runtime

141 min

Studio

Atlas Entertainment, Cruel & Unusual Films, DC Films

170 archived facts · 7 topics · 1 source · Last reviewed Sep 2026

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

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8 Facts From the Making of Wonder Woman

1. #015

   Director Patty Jenkins was initially in talks with Warner Bros. She decided to direct this film in 2005 but had to step down because of an unexpected pregnancy. Jenkins claimed that, although 14 years earlier in her career she had directed only a low-budget drama and had no experience directing a big-budget action film, this was the film she wanted to make in her life and that she was lucky to return to it.

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2. #030

   This is the first live-action film directed by a woman with a budget of more than 100 million dollars. The film's estimated budget was 150 million dollars.

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3. #041

   After its opening weekend, the film overtook War Horse (2011) to become the highest-grossing film about World War I and the first to gross over $100 million domestically.

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4. #108

   It earned the third-biggest opening for a DC Comics film in IMAX theaters, grossing 18.3 million dollars worldwide and 9 million dollars domestically.

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5. #113
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   The final battle with Ares was a studio decision that Patty Jenkins opposed on the grounds that it was too formulaic.

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6. #136

   It grossed over $1 million domestically every day for 45 consecutive days, the highest such run of any DC film, tying Batman (1989).

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7. #157

   Screenwriter Jason Fuchs stated that there were plans for a post-credits scene featuring Kalibak, the son of Darkseid, but it was ultimately cancelled.

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8. #159

   After The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), it is the third highest-grossing DC Comics film in domestic box office revenue. Those are the only DC films to gross over $400 million domestically.

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