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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Opens Strong in the Year of COVID
The new movie Wonder Woman 1984 has enjoyed a successful opening in 2020. The second movie in the Wonder Woman series reportedly earned $16.7 million over the Christmas weekend.
That is not a large amount in a normal year. But the coronavirus health crisis has changed expectations in the movie business. Usually, movie theaters are filled throughout the winter holiday season in the United States. There are lots of releases and lots of people paying to see them. On Christmas Day alone in 2019, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker earned $32 million from filmgoers.
The media market research company Comscore reports that only 35 percent of North American movie theaters are even operating right now.
Wonder Woman 1984 played in about 2,150 theaters. Media company HBOMax released it online at the same time. The movie made an additional $19.4 million internationally, after opening a week earlier. To date, Wonder Woman 1984 has made about $85 million around the world.
"This is a very weak theatrical opening," said David Gross of FranchiseRe, another market research company. Noting the many closed theaters and rising COVID-19 rate, Gross said, "The majority of moviegoers and fans have little choice but to watch the film on television. Early foreign openings have been weak as well."
Patty Jenkins directed and Gal Godot starred in both films in the series. The first was a huge success, opening with more than $100 million in sales at 4,100 theaters. It set a record for biggest opening by a female filmmaker. It earned $822 million worldwide.
Wonder Woman 1984 cost about $200 million to make. Before COVID-19 appeared, the film had been expected to earn about $1 billion from movie theater attendance.
FranchiseRE predicts that total earnings will be around $180 million.
WarnerMedia owns the film series. It is counting on Wonder Woman 1984 to matter more to HBO Max, a movie service. There were some reports of technical problems, however, from fans trying to watch online.
But Warner Bros. Studio is praising the performance as the best that could be expected, given the current conditions. The studio on Sunday announced that it would speed production of a third Wonder Woman film, with Jenkins and Gadot returning.
"Wonder Woman 1984 broke records and exceeded our expectations," said Andy Forssell, a WarnerMedia official.
"During these very difficult times, it was nice to give families the option of enjoying this uplifting film at home," he added.
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重点解析
1.option n.选择
Going to college was not an option for me.
上大学不是我可以选择的道路。
2.performance n.表现
He praised his team for their performance.
他称赞了各队员的表现。
3.technical adj.技术的
A measure of technical knowledge is desirable in this job.
做这项工作最好多懂一些技术知识。
4.success n.成功
They didn't have much success in life.
他们一生没取得多大成就。
5.Media company HBOMax released it online at the same time.
at the same time 同时
She woke every morning at the same time.
她每天早上都在同一时间醒来。
It was often hard to work and do the course at the same time.
半工半读常常很艰难。
6.It is counting on Wonder Woman 1984 to matter more to HBO Max, a movie service.
count on 指望；依靠
Few people can count on having a job for life.
几乎没有人能指望一辈子都干一个工作。
We can't count on the good weather lasting.
我们不能指望这样好的天气会持久。
参考译文
《神奇女侠1984》创疫情期最佳首映票房
新电影《神奇女侠1984》在2020年的首映票房取得了圆满成功。这是《神奇女侠》系列的第二部影片，据报道该片在圣诞周末的票房为1670万美元。
在正常的年份，这部电影的票房并不可观。但是新冠病毒健康危机已经改变了电影业的预期。通常，美国圣诞节期间，所有电影院都是座无虚席。会有很多影片上映，也会有很多观众买票观影。《星球大战：天行者的崛起》在2019年圣诞节当天就拿下了3200万美元票房。
Comscore媒体市场研究公司报告称，目前北美只有35%的影院正常运营。
《神奇女侠1984》在大约2150家影院上映。HBOMax媒体公司还在网上发行了这部电影。该影片一周前在全球首映拿下了1940万的票房。截至目前，《神奇女侠1984》的全球票房约为8500万美元。
FranchiseRe市场研究公司的戴维·格罗斯（David Gross）表示：“这是一次非常疲软的首映票房。”格罗斯提到了许多影院关门以及新冠肺炎感染病例不断攀升，他说：“大多数影迷没得选，只能在电视上看这部电影。早前的国外首映票房也不佳。”
《神奇女侠》系列的这两部电影由帕蒂·詹金斯执导，盖尔·加朵出演。第一部电影取得了巨大成功，在4100家影院的首映获得了超过1亿美元的票房。这部电影创下了女制片人最高的首映记录。这部电影在全球获得了8.22亿美元的票房。
《神奇女侠1984》的制作成本大约为2亿美元。在新冠肺炎疫情爆发之前，这部电影的票房预期为10亿美元。
FranchiseRe公司预测这部影片的总票房将达到大约1.8亿美元。
华纳媒体公司拥有该电影系列的发行权。它指望《神奇女侠1984》能给电影公司HBO MAX带来重大影响。然而，有报道提到了在网上观影的影迷遇到的一些技术问题。
但是鉴于当前形势，华纳兄弟工作室称赞，这部电影的表现可谓预期的最佳表现。该工作室周日宣布，将会加快《神奇女侠》第三部电影的制作，詹金斯和加朵将回归。
华纳媒体的工作人员安迪·福塞尔（Andy Forssell）表示：“《神奇女侠1984》打破了记录，也超出了我们的预期。”
他还说：“在当前的困难时期，我们很高兴能给家庭提供在居家观看这部令人振奋的电影的机会。”
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