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The BIG question is: Is there a market for a Wonder Woman film? I think WB is banking on introducing her in a JLA movie in hopes that fans and moviegoers alike will demand to see her in a solo outing. Wonder Woman has been in developmental hell for years. Wonder Woman had a TV show that lasted three seasons (1975-1979) since then any attempt to bring her to the small or big screen has ended in failure. Wonder Woman is the most popular feminine superhero. However, every female superhero to grace the big screen has been box office poison. 1). Super Girl (1984) - Budget $35 Million/ Box Office $14,296,4382). Red Sonja (1985) – Budget $17.9 Million/ Box Office $6,948,6333). Catwoman (2004) – Budget $100 Million/ Box Office $82, 102, 3794). Electra (2005) – Budget $43 Million/ Box Offcie $56,681,566In other words, feminine heroines don't really have a market. Plus, Wonder Woman has 1 comic (unlike Batman and Superman that are swinging multiple issues every month and dominating the top 20) and her comic sales are poor (#35 in August 2012) if you consider that she is the ultimate female superhero. She is getting beat by NightWing (#32), a supporting cast member of the Batman books. At best, Wonder Woman on a budget of $150 million can gross about $263,427,551. I took those figures from MARVELS big green Goliath (who has a similar popularity to the Amazonian); he had two different outings and they both banked about the same. And, guess what?!? MARVEL Studios put HULK on the back-burner because the big guy's movies just aren't profitable enough. I think that a super-strong JLA movie can rock the foundation of superhero movies and start a DC shared film universe by helping to launch multiple characters from that movie onto solo projects; however, a poorly done JLA movie can put everyone (but Batman and Superman) back in developmental hell. The goal of the movie should be to introduce the world to these heroes and leave them wanting more (a gigantic feat), and WB/DC has the habit of turning all their superhero movies into glorified toy commercials that will destroy our chances of ever seeing a Wonder Woman Film become a reality.
The general rule is that for a movie to deserve a sequel, it should at least double it's budget; most American studios want at least the budget of the movie to be grossed at home.
Sandman (Vertigo) + 100 Bullets (Vertigo) + Fables (Vertigo) = Wonder Woman (New 52)