Her movie is just about to surpass $400 million domestically, and in a week's time she might even surpass the original Spider-Man. That will make her movie the highest grossing debute solo film in superhero history. She's also getting close to surpassing Iron Man 3. This is very good news for DC, and also very good news for women in general. I would especially like for Wonder Woman to surpass the domestic gross of the billionaire playboy's highest grossing film. It's not that I don't like Tony Stark, since he's a fun character and his flaws make him relateable, but I do want a movie about a female superhero to be as successful as possible. If Wonder Woman surpasses Iron Man 3 on her first outing, that makes an incredibly powerful statement.

It should be noted that though her opening weekend box office has been lower than all of Marvel's recent opening weekends, her movie has had excellent longevity. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which generated amazing excitement, opened significantly higher than Wonder Woman, but in terms of domestic box office, she actually has the colorful Space Avengers beat. That's incredibly impressive. People only come back for things like that so many times if it really has a special meaning to them.

To add to the good news, there are some reports that WB is considering a "For Your Consideration" campaign to get this film nominated by the Academy. With the upgraded size of the Best Picture category, there are hopes to make Wonder Woman the first superhero film to ever get nominated for the coveted award. It wouldn't win, not in a million years, but imagine the precedent. They're apparently also considering campaigning for Patty Jenkins to get nominated for Best Director, which I find less likely given just how impressive some directors have been this year, both well-known and little-known, but I can't deny that if she was nominated, I'd feel personally very satisfied. One could campaign on the platform that it was a great deal of uncertainty in whether or not anyone would be able to pull the movie off, given the doubt that's been plaguing a debute Wonder Woman film for so long. That, and WB has the money to potentially win a nomination, and we as a society are itching really bad to give Patty Jenkins as much congratulations as possible. If the movie has any chance to win in a major category, I truly think that its best shot is with Gal Gadot for Best Actress in a Leading Role. I haven't heard rumors that WB will be campaigning for this, but I think that she truly has a shot, and that would be amazing. While I can't say that the film is good enough in any other category to win any Oscars, I can truly get behind Gal Gadot winning Best Actress. While it isn't a Daniel Day-Lewis type performance, it's still basically the performance of the year, and it's stuck with people.

So not only did DC make the first tentpole movie about a female superhero, but they're doing it with style.

P.S. Wonder Woman is one of my favorite characters. I love Wonder Woman and think that she's amazing. She inspires me and means a lot to me. I really like that Patty Jenkins gave her that hopeful and idealistic optimism that was present with Christopher Reeve's Superman. I acknowledge that the final boss fight in this movie isn't perfectly executed, but otherwise, I'm biased to love this movie and want it to do better than all other movies.