Gal Gadot stars as Surprise Lady in “Surprise Lady 1984.”
Warner Bros.
“Surprise Lady 1984” soared into theaters on Christmas day and secured the very best field workplace opening of any movie launched domestically because the coronavirus pandemic crippled the leisure trade.
On Sunday, Warner Bros. revealed that the movie tallied $16.7 million within the U.S. and Canada. The theatrical success of the movie has led the studio to fast-track a 3rd installment within the Surprise Lady franchise, the corporate mentioned. It is going to be written and directed by Patty Jenkins, who helmed the earlier two movies.
Internationally, the movie has collected practically $70 million since debuting in international markets final week.
The “Surprise Lady” sequel debuted in theaters and on AT&T’s streaming service HBO Max on the identical day.
The corporate mentioned that just about half of its subscribers seen “Surprise Lady 1984” on Christmas day. As of early December, the streaming service had round 12.6 million prospects.
“Surprise Lady 1984 broke data and exceeded our expectations throughout all of our key viewing and subscriber metrics in its first 24 hours on the service, and the curiosity and momentum we’re seeing signifies this can doubtless proceed nicely past the weekend,” mentioned Andy Forssell, government vp and basic supervisor, of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer division. “Throughout these very troublesome instances, it was good to offer households the choice of having fun with this uplifting movie at residence, the place theater viewing wasn’t an possibility.”
Personal watch events and enormous format screens like IMAX and Dolby had been the most well-liked avenue for moviegoers to see the movie over the vacation weekend, the corporate mentioned.
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