<P> Some men were unhappy with women - only screenings held at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, with some opponents of the gender - restricted screening stating on platforms such as Facebook that such screenings were discriminatory against men . </P> <P> An Albany Law School professor initiated a complaint with Austin's Equal Employment and Fair Housing Office claiming discrimination against male prospective customers and employees of the theater . The chain responded with an online statement saying the event "may have created confusion--we want everybody to see this film" and announced a similar event at their Brooklyn location . Tickets sold out in less than an hour, prompting the chain to schedule additional screenings . On July 18, Alamo Drafthouse proposed settlement offers of a Wonder Woman DVD to the complainants, stating "Respondent did not realize that advertising a' women's only' screening was a violation of discrimination laws" </P> <P> Wonder Woman grossed $412.6 million in the United States and Canada and $409.3 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $821.9 million, against a production budget of $149 million . Estimates for the number the film needed to surpass internationally in order to cover its production and promotional costs and break even ranged from $300 million to $460 million . </P> <P> In May 2017, early tracking had Wonder Woman opening with $65--75 million, and possibly as high as $105 million . The film opened Friday, June 2, 2017, across 4,165 theaters and made $38.7 million on its opening day, including $3.7 million in IMAX . It was the biggest single - day gross for a woman - directed film, ahead of the $35.9 million opening Friday of Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight in 2008 and the biggest opening day for a woman - led comic book superhero film, ahead of Ghost in the Shell ($7 million). This included $11 million it made from Thursday previews, also the best start for a film directed by a woman, surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey's $8.6 million which was directed by Sam Taylor - Johnson, and the third - biggest of the year, behind Beauty and the Beast and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 . Of that, $1.5 million came from IMAX screenings . </P>

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