Gal Gadot’s 2020 film, Wonder Woman 1984 was the best-selling home media movie of 2021.
The release history behind Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman 1984 is a bit of a complicated one. Like many other films, it was delayed throughout 2020 due to concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic. Eventually, it became the first film that Warner Bros would release in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously.
Ultimitly Wonder Woman 1984 would only gross a little over $166M worldwide on a reported $200M budget. It was, however, a big hit on HBO Max and saw the new streaming service get a big boost in subscribers. Now it appears that the home media success continued throughout 2021.
According to The Numbers, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman 1984 was the best-selling home media movie of 2021. Between the Blu-Ray and DVD sales, the film sold well over 1.4M copies worldwide. The next highest-selling film was The Croods: A New Age but was beaten by roughly 200K copies.
Here is the synopsis for Wonder Woman 1984:
Patty Jenkins returns to direct the next chapter in the story, which finds Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) living and working among mortals, remaining selfless in a vibrant era of excess and “having it all.” But her own values are challenged as she reunites with a lost love while stepping into the spotlight to help humanity escape a dangerous world of its own making. Also starring Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen.
Directed by Patty Jenkins from a script she co-wrote with David Callaham and a treatment she developed with Geoff Johns, the film stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Natasha Rothwell, Ravi Patel, Gabriella Wilde, Connie Nielson, and Robin Wright.
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Source: The Numbers
