It’s official:Wonder Woman 1984is coming home for the holidays. Warner Bros. is indeed going to release the highly-anticipated DC sequel both in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas day. The move comes as the box office has failed to come back to life as health and safety concerns remain prevalent. As such, the studio is, instead, going to make a streaming play with the blockbuster.
“The time has come. At some point you have to choose to share any love and joy you have to give, over everything else. We love our movie as we love our fans, so we truly hope that our filmbrings a little bit of joy and reprieve to all of you this holiday season. Watch it in theaters, where it is made safe to do so (check out the great work theaters have done to make it so!) And available in the safety of your home on HBO Max where it is not. Happy holidays to all of you. We hope you enjoy our film as much as we enjoyed making it.”
The movie seesGal Gadot reprising her role as Diana Prince, with Chris Pine back as Steve Trevor. The sequel has two villains, with Pedro Pascal playing Maxwell Lord and Kristen Wiig as Cheetah. The original Wonder Woman was a massive hit, earning $821 million at the global box office. It was not unreasonable to expect, under different circumstances, that the follow-up could have been a $1 billion earner.
Wonder Woman 1984had already been delayed multiple times in 2020. In countries where HBO Max is not yet available, the movie will still be released in theaters. This news was previously reported byVariety.
