Box Office for Transformers The Last Knight, Wonder Woman 4th Weekend, China vs USA

[@harrynelson803]

Remember that Suicide Squad was an international cast film, it had Japanese, Latino, Black and White stars who were all very advertised but Wonder Woman was advertised with just its Lead who happens to be traditionally white character

[@robsgamingchannel2077]

Harry Nelson but I think that would only affect the asian market, because as a Latino, I've never seen people disappointed that there isnt a latino character in a movie, we're kind of used to it, so I DOUBT that if WW had a latino character it would've done better in the latinamerican market

[@brandonlivega]

Yes, and that cast was again horribly and stereotypically protrayed. WW was the exact opposite.

[@WhatsBiggin]

Rob's Gaming Channel that is wrong. the fast and furious franchise does amazing internationally because of its inclusive cast. no matter what it does in the US, it will always do a billion world wide. Latin America and South America is slept on as far as the box office goes.

[@robsgamingchannel2077]

James Biggins it depends on the market, I think the inclusive cast helps a lot with the african-american and asian markets, and maybe even with latinos living in the us, but I'm fairly sure that the movies would still be a hit in latinamerica even if there were no latinamerican characters, and yes, I'm aware that latinamerica aint a big market, with Mexico being tje most important latinamerica country when it comes to BO

[@Delboy0]

I agree with you. Wonder Woman had no lead cast of colour didn't appeal the to international audiences like suicide squad. Disney have leaned diversity sells which is why all their franchises from Star Wars, Marvel and the fairytales all have diversity and all make billions internationally. Wonder Woman was just too white to be a global success

[@erikjaroy8214]

Diana would swat Harley like a fly in any kind of action sequence. Heck, movie Harley doesn't even have comic Harley's extreme acrobatics skills or anything.

[@BTaylorU]

erikjaroy did you see Margot Robbie's stunts? .... I mean she pulled out some crazy shit. It wasn't constant but she did some cool shit.

[@erikjaroy8214]

She pulled off a few cool tumbles, sure. But not nearly enough to keep Diana from beating her down in about two seconds, barring massive dosages of PIS.

[@srinjoyroychoudhury7034]

BrandonU22 That won't help her against Wonder Woman. Now Harley may have a few tricks up her sleeve but.... they're just tricks.

[@allthingsnerd.4484]

Harley vs. Diana would be cruel to Harley. Now, if you want to have them forced into fighting on the same side for a second, since Harley is more anti-hero these days anyway, that might work... I just don't really see how Diana gets involved in a (supposed) heist film taking place in Gotham City. I love that Wonder Woman is such a smash hit and I have NO problem with the female member of the Trinity being the face of the DCEU, but, they don't need to go all Tony Stark with her and shoehorn her into every DCEU movie just because her movie was a smash... as much as I would love to see Gal Gadot in every movie from every studio from now on.

[@bbbnnnlll]

They certainly don't need to fight each other (as others have said, it would be over in seconds anyway), although a quick Wonder Woman cameo in Gotham City Sirens could still work. In the comics, Harley admires (and possibly has a crush on?) Wonder Woman. She even has a shrine dedicated to Diana. I think that would be a funny dynamic to bring into the movies.

[@nickmartinez1151]

How could Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn fight? Diana would demolish Harley in .3 seconds. She is a GOD!!

[@hilaruchi]

Wonder woman would attack with compassion , buy harley will attack to kill... There is the balance haha

[@SidV101]

I thought the same thing with Batman vs. Superman lol

[@zanna90]

MALT ALV Harley would be destroyed the present WW is not as nice as the beginning of WW origin.

[@nickmartinez1151]

SidV101 yo but that was BATMAN. He is rich, super smart, and used Superman's one weakness. Harley is not Batman level and Wonder Woman doesn't have a kryptonite.

[@SidV101]

Superman has super hearing and super reaction times too so you can't even sneak up on him

[@whatijustwatched7821]

Here in Europe the ad campaign for WW was really weak...and it didn't help at all that the film came out so lately compared to the rest of the world

[@daveboytellem]

Not in England, Wonder Woman was popular here

[@whatijustwatched7821]

You're right :). Sadly enough not that much here in Belgium or France or even Germany...I was like the only one in my entourage to know that the film was about to come out... And maybe the fact that the film took place in England helped a lot to advertise it more efficiently there..I don't know

[@lady8jane]

In addition to that superhero comics are just not that big in Europe as they are in the US. Wonder Woman is just not that well known in a lot of countries. Plus from what I hear from my US friends ... the women in the US may have it a bit worse than most women in Europe. Stuff like maternal leave etc. The women in the US may need her a bit more than we do. ;)

[@knighthawk3749]

I never heard of WW until I came to US. I think she is j just not that well known. I think WW2 will do much better. Especially after her appearance in JL.

[@CavemanJesus4Life]

It came out in the same time as it did here in America, and the rest of the world.

[@nanossquad1706]

I think Suicide Squad had superior advertisement compared to Wonder Women . Still loved Wonder Women

[@nanossquad1706]

Fredderik Grayson Yes Suicide Squad had way more characters, but in the long run that was it's biggest flaw for poor handling of them. The advertisement was better though

[@patriciablopez]

Nano's Squad yes that help a movie suicide squad had a beautyfull advertisement, the cough the eyes of many people

[@nopenope1]

but was a very disapointment as a film. So disapointing, I was so hyped but SS was just boring and dumb.

[@goguyx]

Nano's Squad WW has not released in all markets- like Japan etc

[@jaisachdev0803]

Nano's Squad it released in Spain today so long way to go

[@alessandropalmeri4875]

I'm not really for the DCEU to be more family friendly, i don't think it needs it quite frankly, box office wise it holds up pretty well without this need to be family friendly

[@dreav3781]

+ Alessandro Palmeri I was thinking the same, and that is actually the reason why I like the DCEU movies because they are not family friendly, they have created a movie universe with it´s own personality, and despite critics they do pretty well at box office as you mention.

[@alessandropalmeri4875]

that's totally what I think

[@hypermotion8309]

yet someone still yell why it doesn't reach billions of $$$$$$$$$$$. where the fact the tone already limit the audience by itself

[@dreav3781]

+ Kia Manroe that´s why it shouldn´t be a comparison of box office between this two comicbook universes, yes those are superhero movies, but they are directed to different publics, of course a limited audience will make less money, it´s a logical thing, but most of people don´t see it that way.

[@macky765]

thank you, im so tired of people wanting the dceu to be family friendly like Cars, thats bullshit, i want to see Batman exactly how he is in the comics. i think the international market will support a harder DCEU if the americans wont

[@Xochi88]

I think suicide squad is more of star power over seas, Will Smith and Viola Davis while wonder woman does not

[@kathywong2264]

Wait did WW have more CGI, worse story, & a males as most of the antagonist than the other 3 DC films?

[@macky765]

viola davis isnt a a lister , what movie has she headlined

[@Xochi88]

++macky765 her tv show is A-list. However, my point was that SS did well internationally due to its heavy hitters. WW does not have the luxury that is why I glad that the story is carrying it before the actors. do know what I mean?

[@nickyb3800]

More like Will + Harley + Joker.

[@Xochi88]

++Nicky B true that

[@l.b.r2134]

Well I'm not sure about anyone else but living in the UK but everyone I know loved Wonder Woman and so did I 😊

[@Outlaw7502]

I think that the US, UK and other English-speaking territories are quite similar in relation to their movie preferences. It starts to differ in countries where non-English-speaking audiences tend to focus more on the visuals etc. than the actual dialogue of a movie.

[@dijonfelida7876]

😂😂😂😂 so english speaking territories are the smart and the other are the dumb 😒😒. i cant with that arrogance.

[@l.b.r2134]

No one said that

[@dijonfelida7876]

Willow Blaze "no one said that". 😂😂😂. english territories watch good movie and the others wtach every kind of movie bad or good. but Ss,BVS are big example that english territories (USA) watch bad movie. yeas we are the only ones that watch bad movie i get it 😑😑

[@l.b.r2134]

No one said Non-English territories watch bad movies either 😞

[@abdvilliers222]

Grace, let's not forget that BvS and Suicide Squad are team-up movies on par with Avengers and Guardians. Wonder Woman is a solo movie and thus should be compared to Man of Steel, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man etc. And you can see this even with budgets where Wonder Woman has the lowest budget for DCEU and has a budget on par with the lowest of MCU's.

[@Outlaw7502]

But to be fair, the Batman movies made over 1 billion, and so did Iron Man 3.

[@welch1nc240]

Outlaw7502 those were both sequels though :/

[@58kenstyle]

I think Wonder Woman did absolutely everything it needed to do and more. In the beginning of the year Industry insiders were predicting a $225M Dom and $550M WW for the movie to be a major success considering the break even point was in the $350M- $450M range. As we all know it blew past everyone expectations and will probably end up at $350M Dom and +$750M WW, that's huge. This is the first outing of a untested IP which as iconic as it was was not really popular or trendy and that not even counting the burden of DCEU this movie had. Those results are fantastic.

[@TOPAZ.o]

Honestly, who the fuck thinks wonder woman is trash.The Bahamian people loved it ( well the people I know ). Wonder woman was just awesome. It was soo good. I love it.

[@MariaVosa]

Way to go Bahamians! We Swedes agree with you :)

[@jerekheadrick3379]

Rodrigo Pérez I think you're completely wrong! :D

[@MoviegeekDutch]

Let's transport Michael Bay to the Dark side of the moon.....shall we?

[@alexmiller6644]

WW is doing phenomenal overseas especially if you consider that WW as a comic character has not been that famous overseas in the past 75 years. Still much better results than Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, etc., - solo super hero movies without Batman, Superman or Spiderman who are arguably the best known superheroes internationally

[@ramialj2875]

Comparing WW to the arguably the first superhero movies before the whole superhero movie crave is just unfair. More people love watching these movies now in the cinemas, more than before for sure.

[@alexmiller6644]

Rami Alj are you forgetting how DC/WB hurt their superhero cinematic universe so bad with SS and BvS and a less than impressive MoS. WW followed what has been a major crisis in DCEU. Also, as I said,WW as a character is not that famous internationally - that is simply a fact. Now she's entering the collective consciousness of many new demographics. Think back to b.o predictions for this movie and how it now only overcame them, is now going to be the most successful dc movie in terms of domestic b.o and is the most critically acclaimed superhero movie with the exception of Dark Knight

[@alexmiller6644]

Rami Alj also, we are living in a saturation period for super hero movies. To be this critically acclaimed NOW is much more difficult than if WW had come out in the beginning of the renaissance. WW doing better than Superman or Batman at box office in renaissance period is mind-blowing

[@ramialj2875]

This movie was backed by so many famous women that praised this movie because of the whole first superhero female led movie so this would break those predicted numbers with or without the history of the DCEU. I liked this movie but I feel like people are overreacting as to how good this movie really is and overlooking the flaws that this movie behold. I watched this movie opening night even when I hated Suicide Squad and only though BvS was ok, and I will continue to watch every DCEU and MCU movie until I die, despite the reviews or history. I'm pretty sure there are more like minded people out there. Iron man and Captain America were not at all that well known when they first hit the screen. As I said before they came out before people started craving superhero movies as much as today, if the MCU started today with Iron man 1 coming out this year, then it would easily earn more than before. Not as much a WW because of the whole, every actress backing WW etc.

[@rondelmoore7130]

Alex Miller That's a lot of bull. Even if the DCEU was damaged by BvS and Suicide Squad (again complete bull). Why would Wonder Woman be doing exceptionally well domestically? Wouldn't it have been damaged by the last 2 DC movies as well? Hell, why did Suicide Squad almost match the earnings of BvS (and in some cases even surpass it in certain markets )? And Wonder Woman is doing fine internationally, but it's not the hottest film out as its competing with other successful franchises and much bigger actors.

[@jdgmaster]

I'm from Dominican Republic, and I saw Wonder Women, but my friends don't want to see because they hate BvS and Suicide Squad

[@dijonfelida7876]

jdgmaster same here ✌.

[@mrhitisnumberone]

jdgmaster tell them from me I get it for I was in the same boat as them but I do recommend WW.

[@natsul3319]

Wonder Woman being on course for $700 million at the global box office is an incredible feat. Mind you, no other female-centric/female-helmed film has ever truly lit the global box office on fire: the Hunger Games films were driven by the domestic market and apart from Star Wars Rogue One and the Force Awakens, the masses are only beginning to truly be exposed to female-led blockbusters. Wonder Woman is a great success and it saddens me that in this day and age, women and people of color still have so many hurdles to pass over. When will they ever be good enough? Hopefully it's soon.

[@sirjustinlee1]

I think WW is not doing big numbers because she's a new actress she doesn't have that star power. Suicide Squad had Will Smith and Margot Robbie they are well known internationally .

[@dreav3781]

+ Justin Lee you´re rigth a lot of people wont watch a movie because they don´t know the actors, I also think they didn´t had enough advertisiment in other countries, I´m latin and when I went to the movie theater to watch WW a lot of people didn´t knew the movie was already out, even I was suprised because it was set for June 2, and I watched June 1, of course that has a lot to do on how the teather manage their own publicity.

[@salazarmandragora]

Justin Lee plus and I don't like going there but I have to, Asian culture is still deeply misogynistic and they're most likely to prefer a male lead or a mixed ensemble cast over a female lead

[@o.oo.o5637]

also the movie is not very fun

[@salazarmandragora]

O.o o.O you're kidding right ?! the movie has excellent passing and lots of action, plus good comedy and witty dialogue, or are you one of those transformer fans with zero attention spand, that can only apprentice the action and all dialogue and character development is just blah blah blah to you?

[@CavemanJesus4Life]

How is not doing big numbers? This weekend it will hit 700 million worldwide. Its only been out this month. It still has 4 to 5 weeks left to go in theaters. Suicide Squad to took 2 months to cross $300 million domestic. Wonder Woman took only 4 weeks. Batman v Superman took the same amount of time to make $300 million Domestic as well. But that film also had a higher Opening weekend, and massive drops the next few weeks afterwards. While Wonder Woman opened strong, and has been holding up with fewer dropped weekends to hold itself up. In its 5th weekend Batman v Superman made $308 million, and opened at $166 million Wonder Woman is which hasn't completed its 5th weekend yet is at $318 million, with a $103 million opening. Wonder Woman is looking to have maybe an $800+ million dollar box office

[@andred7094]

Grace..... the dark knight wasn't a family movie and it still made one billionaire dollars, I don't want D.C. Comic to look like a marvel movie.

[@solargeknowles4354]

Oh shut up.

[@theeviltwinofmrsundaymovie7834]

Andre D the dark knight did so well because it was a sequel (to a pretty good movie), and it got great reviews

[@justicierodelaliga]

I´m living in Spain (originally from Puerto Rico) where WW finally opened last Friday and I could watch it. And I don´t know the rest of the country but in terms of advertsing in Seville has been pretty bad. For BvS and Suicide Squad you could see posters everywhere. But that´s not the case this time. Sure, you can see them in all newspapers stands (that are a lot and all over) but they´re not placed on bus stops and in regular promoting places as the other 2 movies. I went to see WW with my friend and he really liked. He even said that, if he had known that it was going to be this level of "family entertaintment" he would have brought his little nephew. So I´g going again with him. Still, the movie opened the Night of San Juan where it´s tradition to go to the beach and they take all weekend. So that might have hurt the movie. Still, just opened...we´ll have to wait and see.

[@AbsulouteZero]

I think if you were to compare WW to the other dc movies, it performs less overseas because if 2 things: 1. WW is a largely American brand. She does not have nearly the worldwide appeal that Batman and Superman have. 2. Stylistically I think WW didn't look as FUN of a movie. Suicide Squad is a very colorful and stylized movie, which I think was a huge appeal for it everywhere, and especially in places like China or Japan.

[@ganasde65]

i hope WW2 casts some international talent so we can see more numbers there. get charlize, fanbingbing, daniel wu. also more action!

[@jessevjames]

Weeping Willow Daniel Wu please!

[@bbbnnnlll]

Charlize Theron would be fab as either Circe OR Cheetah!

[@beggar1015]

Ha. When I first read your comment I took 'WW2' to be World War 2 and was wondering what the heck are you talking about.

[@rondelmoore7130]

Charlize is a waste.

[@ExplorHits]

Saying WW not doing well OS is just crazy She already passed many other origin superhero films

[@juliak4218]

The action scenes in Wonder Woman, although sparse, were amazing but, I felt that they had too much slow motion while in suicide squad everything was fast paced and bright lights with explosions and gunshots

[@thor1591]

Wonder Woman Fighting Harley? That would be like the Joker Fighting Superman without any kryptonite. It would be a Slaughter.

[@dimavasilev5342]

I think part of the issue with the difference between US and foreign box offices is targeted marketing campaigns. The Mummy, for instance, had a MASSIVE push here in the UK, and so when I went to see it second weekend, there were more people in the cinema than there were for Wonder Woman's opening weekend (which had under-screened adverts and none of the cast on the publicity circuit). It seems to be becoming a more common tactic too, particularly with films that look like they'll get a negative US reception.

[@jianfeishao]

Yes, it's true that OS markets will make sure TF5 does not lose money. The DOM vs OS divide simply no longer applies in this case. TF5 is being now universally rejected by all important markets, dropping 30% to 60% from TF4 in major markets, the only reason that OW didn't drop that much from TF4 is because of China, however, the trajectory this film has in China is simply terrible. Despite making more in Opening weekend, TF5 will likely end up making 80 to 100M less than TF4 in China, this is significant rejection in a ever expanding market where sequels don't drop in box office. TF5 will make barely 600 M WW, which will be a significant decline from 1100M TF4 made.

[@dennisblockerii3402]

I have seen Wonder Woman and loved it. Took my daughters to see it. We all wore Wonder Woman shirts. The theater was sold out and the crowd of a couple hundred was easily 50% male. Dudes are excited about this movie and making it a success just as much as any other "group"

[@halninethousand489]

Wonder Woman will end up as the 4th highest grossing non-sequel/reboot superhero movie up there with Spider-Man ($821M), Deadpool ($783M), Guardians of the Galaxy ($773M).

[@ShellymanStudios]

I don't think it will be that high but maybe around $730 million.

[@alessandrotraviani9160]

Shellyman Vol.2 Pirates 5?

[@Ejmillanv]

Grace's hair is definetely doing well domesticly and internationally cause we're all loving this hair style.. :P

[@kokminglee3540]

I love Wonder Woman, watched twice. I think the reason Wonder Woman isn't doing as well overseas is mostly related to Gal's citizenship. This is coming from someone who lives in a Muslim majority country. There are many Muslims who blatantly reject/boycott this film just because of her citizenship, many of whom would not give a second thought to go watch a super hero themed film. BTW, i am a non-Muslim living in a 'moderate' Muslim majority country.

[@eggsbenedictcucumberbatch4336]

Grace how do you feel about Lord and Miller saying they could direct flash. By the way I love your hair and your vids always put a smile on my face.

[@tehCostHD]

Eggs Benedict Cucumberbatch I for once would LOVE to see that

[@llcruize]

Baby Driver is at 100% on RT after 50 reviews. Where is the love????

[@CatalinBBB]

I'm from a remote overseas country called Romania, I saw WW 3 times: once in IMAX and twice in regular 3D and all the friends that came with me each time loved it, even guys that had little to no idea about the comics or character. I think that a big problem with WW was advertising, they chose to display Gal Gadot as not only front and center but the only face on the poster. I know it's not a team movie but maybe some more images of the supporting cast would have helped a bit. It's a very diverse cast and for instance, a lot of people found Etta Candy really funny and Antiope really badass. I'm not criticizing the movie in any way, it's one of my all time favorites and I was on board with casting Gal Gadot from the beginning but maybe sharing the spotlight a bit would have helped get more people to see WW. Love your videos, Grace!

[@mayelact8139]

grace!!! can we please get a video on lord & Miller leaving the Han Solo movie?!?!?

[@maddie4184]

I was so surprised when I heard about that

[@marcofigueroa7131]

I do not understand how it is that no youtuber takes into consideration that wonder woman suffered the poor reception that had its predecessors in the dceu like BvS and Suicide Squad. All this bad publicity is something to take into account since the majority of people in the world did not trust that the dceu had a good movie after the previous ones. Now wait for wonder woman 2 and you will see the difference, you will leave behind the figures of GOTG 2. How can nobody sees that?

[@flowhd7640]

I live in Denmark and everytime a FOREIGN superhero movie comes out, the danish critics trash it and then nobody goes to see it. but when a danish superhero movie comes out (Antboy) the critics gives it good reviews even thoe its so bad.....

[@soufian2733]

I have heard some people boycotting WW but I can't imagine it having any significant impact on the global BO numbers

[@IvenHD]

i Just cant understand the overseas Box Office... i'm from Germany and watched WW with my Friends Last Weekend and it was amazing, except of Ares... His beard was sooo weird😂

[@BluePenhorwood]

There where no major interviews with the Wonder Woman cast here in England (on freeview.) And the adverts only started (from what I saw) a few days before the movie came out. When I went to see it opening weekend the cinema was only half full.

[@pedrocarvalho6391]

@Grace Suicide Squad was also new to a lot o international viewers, however, compared to wonder woman, SS's add campaign had been strong throughout the movie's shooting, far stronger than wonder woman. And yes, the interesting wardrobe of all the main- characters (harley/ joker especially) was also quite prominent in the add campaign of the movie.

[@SnowyTaco]

I love how with this year the three biggest movies or the most popular even are Wonder Woman, Beauty and the Beast and Get Out (I say most popular even though it's box office doesn't indicate that but still) These 3 moves are not only the best of year but happen to be the most talked about and I like when that happens.

[@kemarle7]

Grace absolutely killing it

[@shelleynobleart]

I don't watch tv or movies but love your industry analysis. It expands my grasp of how the business operates.

[@dottythecat6583]

Ww definitely has potential to beat ss maybe get to 800m

[@BeyondTheTrailer]

I don't think so, it's already hit all the big countries.

[@dottythecat6583]

Beyond The Trailer i think at least 730m

[@dannolan2233]

WW has amazing legs. 40% dropoffs weekend to weekend are unheard of! She could keep playing in theaters for weeks!

[@pascha120]

+Beyond The Trailer Grace, is there any chance you'll talk about the various dramas surrounding the Han Solo film (e.g. the 2 directors being replaced + rumours of the studio being concerned w/ Ehrenreich's performance)?

[@alyssasvintagedecor]

I'm going to go see Wonder Woman again. I am giddy with anticipation to see where it ends up after everything is said and done. :)

[@lightsout6088]

Hey I loved Wonder Woman and my screening in North West London was packed! It was on the Saturday of the opening weekend and people loved it but I do think movies are getting way too expensive over here. I watched it at a vue cinema and it was like 12/13 pounds for one adult ticket and only like a pound fifty cheaper for a student ticket so I think most people have stopped going cinema in general and prefer to wait for on demand xx

[@bioroid09]

i wanted to watch the big sick but my local theater wasn't showing it :( Whats the possibility of the movie expanding to more theaters?

[@god-pk2gg]

yh grace, I live in Lebanon and everyone ik is pissed by the decision of banning wonder woman including me. I've been waiting for the movie since it was first announced and there were even advertising the film on billboards and such before its release. I feel awful about this and how far it takes us back as a proud people. the whole world gets to whiteness a revolutionary film while we are here, just waiting for a blu ray already

[@brennotavaresdecarvalho4228]

Grace, here in Brazil, WW is a huge success. I saw it three times in three diferent weeks and all of them was crowded. She beats Mummy in the second week here too, and beats Baywatch, that only opens here in June 15. The numbers of the last weekend are not released yet, but I really think that WW is still #1 because the movie that opens here with more strengh to do so, is The Circle and I know that, unfortunatelly it didn't debut very well. Love yours Movie Math, Grace, you have such amazing comments about the industry and I'm learning alot. Thank you very much! Love from Brazil

[@DogWick]

2:02 To be honest Grace Batman V Superman never had alot of action either though the Batman warehouse scene crumples what Suicide Squad offered

[@blackrock316]

agreed! I don't remember a lot of action in Suicide Squad as well

[@alexandermackay9636]

That's a bit harsh a statement about Michelle Pfeiffer. Her career didn't go anywhere she didn't expressly want it to. Once she started raising kids she started being really particular about what projects she'd take on, and has stated numerous times that even now she only takes parts that work around her family schedule.

[@poptopia1]

Not to change the subject of movies but...Your hair looks really cool!

[@cyrus0ne]

really ? it looks horible if you ask me. At least with that makeup combination she looks like she's about to kill someone (or just has) But i dont come to see her hair , I come for the review and analisys .

[@fffan11]

Why shut up and keep things for yourself when you can just be mean for no reason...

[@cyrus0ne]

welcome to real life. if you want someone to make you warm and fuzzy and lie to you go to your parents .

[@fffan11]

Judging someone's look and spreading negativity from behind your computer or on a phone is not real life. As for actual real life, it can be quite warm and fuzzy if you choose not be surrounded by people who feel entitled to judge everything negatively for no reason, most people are actually nice.

[@fffan11]

Whatever, I just think your remark was mean and unnecessary. I am definitely not the online justice bringer but I’ll quickly tell you how I feel about all this and then I’ll be done with this conversation. When someone comments “I love your hair”, the recipient either doesn’t care or it makes them happy even if it just puts a smile on their face for half a second. Obviously, you don’t have to agree with the comment, I’m actually not a fan of the hairstyle myself, but you could have just said you liked her everyday style better. But you used words like “horrible” and even said “she looks like she's about to kill someone (or just has)”. Now if Grace or anyone you’d give a similar comment reads your comment, they’re either not going to care or they will be hurt or offended that you feel entitled to give such negative comments, this is what I mean by spreading negativity, and that’s what I believe was not necessary. Call me corny if you want but I choose to only make personal judgment comments when I think it’s going to make the other person feel good, I think a lot of people would feel better if they didn’t receive unrequested hurtful comments either in real life or in the comments section. Now I won’t be hunting you in the comment sections, so feel free to not take anything I said into consideration and keep expressing your opinion the way you do if that’s what you want. Have a nice day, rest of the day, evening, night, wherever you are in the world. Ok, I lied about being quick.

[@debbie.diamond]

Hi, Grace I'm a first time commenter. Question: Is there a chance of Nubia the twin sister of Diana (in the comics) appearing in next the Wonder Women movie or any upcoming Wonder woman movies after that, besides Gal Gadot? Thanks if you read my comment. 😀

[@toadboy7493]

P sure it's not doing well overseas because there's not as big a profemale movement in other countries as there is in North America. I feel like after the election the profemale movement got a huge boost here and we're still riding off that.

[@dreav3781]

+ vladroxyoursox Well, I think you´re right, being from a Latin country I can say people here don´t see it as an empowering movie for women it´s just a superhero movie, nobody is talking about gender equality messages.

[@Outlaw7502]

I think many countries don't really consider the feminist elements as much as the US. I live in the UK, and it was pretty much treated like an ordinary superhero movie, as it should be. It's good that it's doing well though.

[@dreav3781]

+ Outlaw7502 outside of the US not many people care about "hidden messages" in movies or what it "represents" we look at as it is, a movie, wich is made to entertain so there is not a fever of feminism and people like or dislike the movie based on what they saw and not what they think a movie stands or should stand. Wich is good, nobody is fighting over a movie.

[@Outlaw7502]

I agree. I wish everyone would just start seeing movies not because of gender, but just based on whether you think you'll like it or not.

[@itsjustgreghere]

Hi Grace! Question, how do studios decide release dates for movies in different markets? Take for example, Wonder Woman opened in Hong Kong and Taiwan on 30 May, and then opened in a few more countries like Singapore, South Korea on 31 May (interestingly, movies in Singapore would open on Thursdays - and Wonder Woman was initially slated to open here on 1 June before being moved to 31 May, Wednesday about 2 weeks before it was set to open). The movie then got its chunk of openings on 1 and 2 June; but in some countries like Spain and Belgium, the movie literally just opened in the end of June. And surprisingly, Wonder Woman only opens in Japan on 25 August. Wouldn't holding a movie out that long hurt its run at the box office? The hype for the movie would have settled, and there is a greater window for viewers in the markets that open later, to catch the movie online for free. Please enlighten us on the logic of the studio's release strategies! (Ps. I got all the opening dates from IMDB) Love your videos Grace, keep up the great work! From a big fan in Singapore :)

[@tokendave80]

Gotta disagree with you're analysis on All Eyez On Me Grace. From what I'm hearing and seeing on social media is that the niche/target audience for this really didn't like the movie itself for how it misrepresented Tupac life or just how uninteresting they made it appear.

[@ProfOzone]

Grace, I recall you saying once (or maybe I just imagined it) that the overseas box office is driven by "star power". Could Will Smith be given some credit for the success of Suicide Squad overseas? And could it account for Wonder Woman not doing quite so well, because Gal Gadot isn't quite as well known?

[@mk6rfc1]

I've been saying this for weeks, America is going bananas over Wonder Woman's success but overall worldwide it's just doing solid not amazing. Also, Baby Driver will be Edgar Wright's biggest domestic opening? Bloody hell I thought 15 million was meant to be a terrible number for that considering the buzz, maybe my theory of general audiences don't love Wright's style is true

[@TheKnightBlade4]

critical praise is a big reason, Ive started to notice a trend since the devastation that was BVS and subsequently SS that American Audiences are more sensitive to critic reviews. Terrible blockbuster movies will have to rely on foreign box office because American Audiences have their finger on the pulse and don't want to be duped.

[@mk6rfc1]

+TheKnightBlade4 but what I'm saying is kinda the opposite of what ur saying I think, in that Wonder Woman was a well received film by critics but it's not going crazy amazing numbers worldwide just you know pretty decent numbers

[@jianfeishao]

Depends on how you define solid and amazing, Wonder Woman will significantly outgross TF5 Worldwide (by a margin of 150 Million USD), is that not amazing? I think it is.

[@TheKnightBlade4]

mk6rfc1 hmm...maybe it has to do with WW not being this big cgi action movie, like Doctor Strange, Avengers, BvS, etc. WW was rather grounded and tame with the exception of the small boss fight at the end( rather grounded and didn't feature much visual stimulation). Movies that do extremely well overseas tend to be big cgi/action destruction type movies regardless of quality. WW was one of the more grounded superhero movies, and was also a solo superhero movie and not a big team up, those tend to do much better overseas as well.

[@agustinrubbo9268]

+TheKnightBlade4 In the rest of the world rottentomatoes and such are not a big deal. Most people don't even know it exists. So we don't really rely heavily in what critics say in order to go see a movie. We like to make up our minds ourselves.

[@cindysantosramayo9999]

People overseas go to the movies to unplug, not to think. Which is why franchises like Suicide Squad or Fast and Furious work so great. They have the perfect combo to appeal male audiences who don't really want to see something deep: Gorgeous oversexualized women, guns, explosions and dudes being heroes. Wonder Woman is a superhero movie and yes it has guns and explosions and dudes being heroes BUT it's a deeper movie. It forces you to use your brain and it definitely does not have oversexualized women. So of course domestic audiences who have now become more demanding about content are not going to be as happy as overseas audiences who just want action packed films or pretty women in danger.

[@MrTrondhjem]

That is the most naive, ignorant comment I have ever read.

[@RealCindyAparicio]

Håvard Nesje That's the most naive, ignorant comment I'VE ever read.

[@laughingman4402]

Cindy S. No wonder woman had really bad overseas marketing. It was not dubbed in other local language or released in many theatres compared to average superhero movies

[@LeftHandedComedy]

All Eyez On Me has also been killed by reviews and shunned by the hip hop community for not represented one of their icons properly. All the other movies you mentioned received great reviews. You didn't even review All Eyes On Me.

[@gyice]

Ghost int the Shell a Japanese Movie with a Female lead like Wonder Woman didn't do well in China and you really don't know why?

[@Marth_Shepard]

I'm from the Netherlands (part of West Europe) and one thing I think hurt the movie over here is it coming out 2 weeks after the original release date, without much additional marketing. Even me as a huge fan of DC was a little surprised to see it open in theaters near me so long after the reviews and marketing campaigns ended. I went a day after the opening (June 15th) and there were an unusual number of empty seats.

[@kokoettesundayitim8007]

WonderWoman is doing bad oversees because she is woman, how many countries in Africa n Asia legit respects women? How many of those countries have women ready to challenge the men for their rights? America on the other hand is beginning to have women come out, so that's a big difference. Don't also underestimate the power of hate, Gal Gadot is Israeli, which means a lot Muslim populated countries don't like her, therefore the movie, talking about North Africa, the entire Middle East, that's a lot of money people.

[@kokoettesundayitim8007]

Rodrigo Pérez I don't think you read my name right, I'm African, I leave in Europe partly Asia you can say, so I know what I'm talking about. And the point of Lebanon and other countries surrounding Israel not liking them is know fact, do your research bro.

[@bobbz64]

Just saw Baby Driver, it's amazing and super fun and fast paced. I hope it beats box office expectations.

[@virtualee2000]

Why would Harley Quinn vs Wonder Woman be a good fight? Harley has no powers whatsoever other than the ability to be nutty and sexy at the same time. Computer games are not real life, unlike our superhero movies Grace. Harley can't actually do ridiculous jumps or karate kicks. Wonder Woman would end her second one.

[@kaldur11]

virtualee2000 Well you just said the answer. In the game and the Comic Harley was it doing anything to Wondy. Wondy defeated or apprehended her really quick. It was the fun of it all that made their fight enjoyable.

[@michalgenesove1646]

I live in Israel and when Gal Gadot apeared on screen for the first time, everyone cheered.

[@davesgoldenduck6066]

Black Panther will be KING

[@hydrolito]

Who's going to be villain in the Black Panther movie?

[@daltonmortimer7735]

standing for quality is important, quality should be mirrored by box office. frankly I'm glad to see them have a closer link we shouldn't be OK with them being so separate

[@thereturningshadow]

Why the hell should AMERICAN audiences give a shit about the opinions of Chinese audiences? Wonder Woman is an AMERICAN super hero and the movie should be more for American audiences. Sure you can argue that she's not from America but Paradise Island but she was created by Americans for American comic books for an AMERICAN audience. Just like Superman. Hollyweird use to not give a shit about whether the movie did good overseas but focused more on American audiences and you'll notice the movies were better quality back then and foreign audiences liked them anyway. Now Hollyweird prefers to cater to foreign audience while ignoring the feedback or concerns of American audiences and the quality of the films have dropped!! NOT A COINCIDENCE.

[@thereturningshadow]

@Jess Diez Which is why they are putting out more shit than quality films. All they care about is the fast buck. Make a couple hundred million in one month on a shit film instead of a quality film that will make just as much in two months and can last longer in theaters. Movies just don't last as long in theaters as they used to. For example Empire strikes back averages 6 months in theater on a regular run and I know one theater that held it over for ANOTHER 6 months and it still made money. Raiders of the Lost Ark also was in theaters for 6 months. Both quality movies that not only made lots of money but are consider some of the best of all time to this day. Now movie studios prefer to put out a dozen or movies per year and some are just tax write-offs. Some are higher levels of shit and only two or three are good blockbusters. They couldn't care less about audience feedback which would drive what kind of movies they would produce. If people would just wise up and just stop spending money and going to see these shit movies year after year and it hits them in the bank account they might realize.

[@letterbox203]

Totally agree with you Grace that Wonder Woman 2 needs to be more family friendly in the same way that Guardians of the Galaxy films are. This would surely grow its viewership. And what's up with 47 Meters Down? I guess America still has its fascination with sharks as Jaws was quite popular years ago. And I guess Jurassic Park movies are the modern versions of Godzilla.

[@garretsquid7276]

Your hair looks fantastic!!! I love ittt

[@BarsimonR]

Living in Ireland, seen WW twice, l think the "Boss" fight is weak but the overall movie is good. Grace, I think the main reason the Irish/Uk movie audience aren't flooding to WW is due to the disappointment with the last two DCEU offerings, B v S and then the great hope, Suicide Squad. I think it will do well not not massively here and continue to do well as DVD/Blu Ray and streaming channels open up

[@ZheRabbit]

I'm sorry, I just don't understand the overseas box office. They are saving horrible movies, this is why Hollywood is still making horrible movies. It's because overseas are saving horrible movies.

[@young-jonathan9905]

Zhe Rabbit EXACTLY

[@DoReMi123acb]

blmae localization. Shitty movies are easier to translate for non-english speakers. hence why.

[@robsgamingchannel2077]

Egie Asemota I dont think it's due to translation, but more due to casual movie goers, who would rather go to the movies to watch something with mindless action scenes or something that'll make them laugh than wanting to see something with a deeper message, after all it's action and comedies the movies that are usually saved by international BO

[@shreysrivastava4017]

not true how do you explain fast and furious ... china only allows 14 movies and of those 2 or 3 do well which are bad but that's because of the cast a movie with tom cruise, vin diesel or dwanye jhonson movie can't fail

[@dkkiller1]

There are "horrible" movies everywhere, which make up for 80% film release each year. The Hollywood one's are just better made then other's. Is really not like people don't buy in to this and the horrible movies will stop being made. If you are going to watch a "horrible" movie it may as well as be a million budget Hollywood one, that is how they are taking over.

[@juannunez5767]

Question/Commentary: Are overseas numbers driven more by the novelty of Hollywood movies than by actual tastes of foreign viewers? 15 years ago very few foreign markets got to see Hollywood movies in theaters on a wide scale. For example, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was the biggest movie of 2000. It grossed $260M domestically and only $85M worldwide without a significant numbers in China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, etc. It’s easy to forget how new Hollywood blockbuster are to foreign movie goers, and that’s not going to last forever if Hollywood keeps pumping out sub-par quality movies. The day may come when Hollywood depends on the foreign box office to save a movie and the foreign box office won’t be there because they’ve been burned by one too many Michael Bay or Vin Diesel movies.

[@thenightking6899]

THAT HAIR THO

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

I think another thing that effects WW is the way some people are making it all political where as most folks just wanna see a good film & would rather the political conversation surround stuff in the real world not a fictional character in a comic book movie.

[@JUANxxTNAFAN]

Cars 3 actually came in at #3 with 24 million. So WW was actually #2 :) I think WW's solid but not breakout numbers overseas has to do with not having an A-lister plus WW is a new and unproven franchise. The sequel should do gangbusters though!

[@lolzpete]

i love grace because she actually reads the comments and listens to her fans

[@aaronlents1959]

Also (no hate) the LGBT community is less than 5% of the domestic population. Unless you're including supporters of the group.

[@Outlaw7502]

That's still 16 million potential customers- plus its supporters. Lots of money to be made.

[@Vynzent]

The global population is large enough that "niche" markets bring in millions.

[@PilferedRose]

A.L Joseph why does representing LGBT character in a film eliminate straight watchers? LGBT people have been watching movies with almost exclusively straight characters for decades.

[@rolandomartinezjr0919]

Hi Grace, hope you had a wonderful time at Vid Con. Question I heard great reviews on Baby Driver so far, do you think with if the movie those well in the box office, would Edgar Wright reconsider doing a comic book movie ?

[@The7Hokage]

Suicide Squad had Will Smith!!!! That's why it did good overseas.

[@eddiepalomares7639]

been waiting all morning for your thoughts and review of this week's box office

[@b.5616]

Okay, this is a serious message and hopefully it'll get read and will shed some light on this situation. First things first: when talking about "overseas" or "international box office" it's important to differentiate between China and the rest of the world, because I can tell you people from Europe do NOT have the same taste as Chinese people and our respective box office numbers are never equivalent. Second: Wonder Woman didn't premiere in Spain until this week, so I didn't get to see it until two days ago. I was so hyped, I was SO excited, I wanted to like it SO much. And, yes, it was a MAJOR disappointment. The movie is full of cliches, FULL of cliches, and it's so incredibly sappy and corny there's no way to take it seriously when they're talking about how love is worth saving humanity and all that jazz. To my European POV, that's TOO SAPPY FOR A GOOD MOVIE. Now, I'm gonna say this once and for all and I don't know how many Europeans follow this channel but most people around me agree: Americans seem to like theatrical and over dramatic storylines and dialogue more than Europeans, I don't think most Europeans can get past the sappiness of it all. Wonder Woman won't be considered a success in Europe, I'm afraid, and you can't imagine how sad that makes me, because like all of you I was rooting for Gal and for Patty and for everything the character of Wonder Woman stands for. The movie though, wasn't good.

[@troglodytezero1697]

Berta Esteve I found your comments very interesting but my question to you is what were you hoping for?

[@KeiaHD]

I think the problem with Gal Gadot is that she isn't well known..I think people overseas (at least Italy) go to the movies when there's a big movie star that they actually know. In America is different cause you watch all these stars going to interviews and talk shows, but those things don't really reach other countries. That's why in Italy everyone went to see Pirates (Johnny Depp) and the mummy (Tom Cruise) and Suicide squad (Will Smith); they recognize famous actors and are drawn to them. So I guess you could say that even tho' star power isdying in America, in other countries it's still a big reality

[@NamekJedi]

you look younger today!

[@miguelseura7980]

. I am Miguel from Chile, Latin America. I follow you on youtube, and I always watch your reviews. I am also a huge fan of Wonder Woman. I am a bit concerned about your last review owing to you have said that Wonder Woman is grossing enough outside the States. My concern has got to do with the fact that Box office mojo is not updating properly the information overseas. There are several countries , for intance Israel, Croatia, my country Chile (where bvs grossed about $5.000.000. and MoS 2.000.000 and WW is been doing great) so if you count all those countries that don't appear in the list the foreign gross could be a bit bigger. Do you know what this is happening? Best regards.

[@raiyanji6702]

Eid Mubarak!!!

[@Pahedi]

Thanks for the video. Great analysis. So sad this summer is not that hot, movie wise. Hope you review The Beguiled soon!

[@rubyreed6693]

Grace, i LOVE what you did with your hair! You've never looked better.💙

[@cricsarath]

Hello Grace, I'm from Chennai, a South Indian city. Though Wonder Woman was recieved very well here, the box office just baffles me. Wonder woman during her first two weeks run was able to collect 109K USD in Chennai city alone, which is just above average. However, Mummy collected 151K USD during its first weekend itself, despite mixed reviews. Does it have anything to do with Tom Cruise being a recognised name world wide?

[@kevz2474]

I hit like before I even saw the vid because I'm so blown away by your new look.

[@danielmontalvo66]

Grace, I have a question about actors teasing about possibly playing a character. Over the weekend, Drake Bell has been teasing about being robin/nightwing. Do you think that it's appropriate to do this for fan buzz? I'm glad you had fun at Vidcon and hope you pick my question😊❤

[@learningtobekindtomyself884]

GUUUUUURRRRLLLLL!!!! that hair is everything!!!! Love it

[@kati5924]

I live in Germany and I did watch Wonder Woman, but I think that the marketing of Wonder Woman overseas wasn't really there. I found out about wonder woman though following the DCU movies and a little on the internet, but if I wasn't already wanting to see it after batman v superman I probably would not have seen it. Finally it was released 2 weeks after America so the social media hype had gone down by the time it was released and only the people who remembered would have gone to see it.

[@clarissadickinson7044]

I agree. Where I live there was hardly any promotion. There was far more pr for The Mummy than Wonder Woman. It was really odd.

[@Triggermatic87]

Grace😻 (can't help myself)

[@lidvaskrov7915]

I know I come late to the party but TBH the marketing for WW in my country,at least, was really poor or non existing compared to SS

[@douglasworthen732]

woah grace looking beautiful

[@rmannayr2129]

I'm actually glad that China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other countries actually help save movies and they make more money there than here in the US. Also, they don't really care if they movie is Bad or Not, as long as they enjoy it and have a good time.

[@MrLazyUchiha]

best thing you have done is fix your hair man you look super hot

[@TheZiBuKs]

Reasons Wonder Woman is not doing "that well" overseas: 1) Many of my friends hated BvS and Suicide Squad, so they won't be going to see it. 2) The ad campaign was weak. 3) Many people said that they ripped off Captain America's 1st movie, which was a disaster. 4) Wonder Woman came out so late in a lot of places, the online buzz was already down. 5) The third act is not that much better than BvS' last act, which many people (me included) commented on.

[@danielmedjedovic7068]

Wonder Woman was good, but the villains where weak and the third act was kind of messy of the cgi?

[@Sharkgirl94]

if you sum up wonder woman like that it sounds like almost every marvel movieXD

[@tehCostHD]

Daniel Medjedovic third act wasn't boring, just a bit messy and cgi heavy.

[@dreav3781]

+ Sharkgirl94 you´re rigth, not hating on Marvel, both DC and Marvel movies has it´s flaws and many things they could improve.

[@ihateu890]

+Sharkgirl94 I only agree with you on the first part of the op's comment. The third act was easily the best part of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Marvel's third acts aren't that bad at all.

[@tehCostHD]

David Datura hell yeah I can't wait to see how WW2 turns out