Going back to the triumphs for women, Wonder Woman is the highest-grossing movie by a solo female director, a fantastic honor for Patty Jenkins. Gary Gray (who previously held the record with Straight Outta Compton) surpassed him when The Fate of the Furious earned $226 million in North America alone. First, Peele took the honor with Get Out making $175 million, then F.
Interestingly enough, those other two both broke the record for highest-grossing movies by a black director (without adjusting for inflation). Gary Gray's Fast and Furious sequel, The Fate of the Furious. The others are Jordan Peele's phenomenal hit Get Out and F. Lee-helmed effort is also one of three movies directed by black filmmakers to gross more than $100 million domestically in 2017. Also deserving of a shout out in this category is Girls Trip with its female-focused cast - in 25th place for the year (with $115 million), it's 2017's top-grossing comedy. The best characters of It, Logan, Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League (Wonder Woman again) were all women and young girls. The rest of the top wasn't too shabby with its female representation, either. As noted by The Playlist, the last time that happened was back in 1958. And they're the kinds of things that could carry on into the new year and beyond.įor instance, the top three highest-grossing titles on the domestic box office chart - Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($533 million), Beauty and the Beast ($504 million), and Wonder Woman ($413 million) - all featured strong female protagonists.
Looking back, there were some things to celebrate about the year at the movies. Two days into 2018, and we're still thinking about 2017.
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