<P> Wonder Woman premiered in Shanghai on May 15, 2017, and was released in the United States on June 2, 2017, in 2D, Real D 3D, and IMAX 3D by Warner Bros. Pictures . The film received largely positive reviews, with praise for its acting (particularly by Gadot and Pine), direction, visuals, action sequences, and musical score, although the portrayal of its villains received some criticism . The film set numerous box office records; it is the sixth - highest - grossing superhero film domestically and 22nd - highest - grossing film in the United States . It grossed over $821 million worldwide, making it the tenth highest - grossing film of 2017 . It also helped the DCEU to push past $3 billion at the worldwide box office, making it the fourteenth - highest - grossing film franchise of all time . As of February 2018, Rotten Tomatoes has listed the movie as No. 2 on its list of the "Best Superhero Movies of All Time", and the American Film Institute selected it as one of the top 10 Movies of the Year . The film received three nominations at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Action Movie . A sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2019 with Jenkins returning as director and Gadot reprising her role . </P> <P> In present - day Paris, Diana receives a photographic plate from Wayne Enterprises of herself and four men taken during World War I, prompting her to recall her past . Daughter of Queen Hippolyta, Diana was raised on the hidden island of Themyscira, home to the Amazonian warrior women created by Zeus to protect mankind . Hippolyta shares the Amazonian history with Diana, including how Ares became jealous of humanity and orchestrated its destruction . When the other gods attempted to stop him, Ares killed all but Zeus, who used the last of his power to wound Ares and force his retreat . Before dying, Zeus left the Amazons the island and a weapon, the "Godkiller", to prepare them for Ares' return . </P> <P> Although she initially forbids Diana to be trained as a warrior, Hippolyta reluctantly agrees to let Antiope train Diana, only more rigorously than any other warrior . In 1917, Diana, now a young woman, rescues American pilot Captain Steve Trevor when his plane crashes off the Themysciran coast . The island is soon invaded by a German soldiers that had been pursuing Trevor . The Amazons kill the crew, but Antiope sacrifices herself to save Diana . Steve is interrogated with the Lasso of Hestia and reveals that a great war is consuming the outside world and that he is an Allied spy . He has stolen a notebook of the chief chemist Dr. Isabel Maru, who is attempting to engineer a deadlier form of mustard gas under the orders of General Erich Ludendorff from a weapon facility in the Ottoman Empire . Believing Ares to be responsible for the war, Diana arms herself with the "Godkiller" sword, the lasso, and armor before leaving Themyscira with Steve to locate and stop Ares for good . </P> <P> In London, they deliver Maru's notebook to the Supreme War Council, where Sir Patrick Morgan is trying to negotiate an armistice with Germany . Diana translates Maru's notes and reveals that the Germans plan to release the deadly gas at the Western Front . Although forbidden by his commander to act, Steve, with secret funding from Sir Patrick, recruits spy Sameer, marksman Charlie, and smuggler Chief to help prevent the gas from being released . The team reaches the front in Belgium . Diana goes alone through No Man's Land and captures the enemy trench, allowing the Allied forces to help her liberate the village of Veld . The team briefly celebrates, while Diana and Steve grow closer romantically . </P>

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