'Cars 3' Is the Week's Top Movie
by EG
Despite signs of franchise fatigue, Pixar and Disney's Cars 3 dominated the road at the North American box office.
The threequel opened to an estimated $53.5 million from 4,256 theaters, enough to beat ruling champ Wonder Woman. Overseas, Cars 3 debuted to $21.3 million from its first handful of territories for a global start of $74.8 million.
Make no mistake, Wonder Woman continued to impress, falling a scant 30 percent in the U.S. to $40.8 million for a domestic total of $274.6 million. The Warner Bros. movie, directed by Patty Jenkins, enjoyed one of the best third weekends in history for a superhero film. Internationally, Wonder Woman's hold is almost as good, earning another $39.5 million for a foreign total of $297.2 million and $571.8 million worldwide.
In the coming days, Wonder Woman will eclipse Mamma Mia! ($609.8 million) to become the top-grossing female-directed film of all time, not accounting for inflation.
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The week's third-place movie was the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me.