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Ocean's 8 Is Officially No. 1 at the North American Box Office—Thanks Largely to Women

The cast of Ocean’s 8 is basically a who’s-who of talented women: Rihanna, Sandra Bullock, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, and Anne Hathaway as a villain with ostentatious French-tipped nails (more on that here). Following the formula of previous, male-centric Ocean’s movies, this version shines the spotlight on Bullock, who plays fresh-out-of-prison Debbie Ocean—sister of Danny Ocean (George Clooney)—who assembles a girl gang of specialists to steal a diamond at the Met Gala. And you can guess the capers that go on from there.

Now, the movie has another feather to add to its cap: Ocean’s 8 easily took No. 1 at the North American box office during its first weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with an estimated $41.5 million coming in from a reported 4,145 theaters.

A huge part of its success? The Hollywood Reporter estimates that almost 70 percent of Ocean’s 8‘s opening-weekend audience identified as female. The strong box office showing marks a big win for female-led movies overall—not to mention gender-flipping remakes—and hopefully shows Hollywood, yet again, that audiences will show up for movies that feature strong, compelling, representative characters (looking at you, Black Panther).

Your move, Hollywood: women showed up for this summer blockbuster. What else do you have for us?

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The 'Wonder Woman' Set Was Largely Comprised of Women—and It Made a 'Noticeable' Difference

The recent Wonder Woman film is feminist in its DNA. It’s directed by a woman (Patty Jenkins), has a strong female lead (Gal Gadot, who plays Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), and features a slew of women both in front of and behind the camera. This is a huge reason why the film resonated so much with audiences when it hit theaters this past June. Plus, the fact that we finally saw women in superhero films not being manipulated by the male gaze was so exciting.

The Wonder Woman ensemble agrees. In this new behind-the-scenes exclusive clip, the cast reveals that their shooting experience would’ve been entirely different if Jenkins, a woman, wasn’t at the helm.

“Wonder Woman was something that, all of her life, Patty was very passionate about and she was very opinionated about her,” Gadot said.

It’s this passion that led to Wonder Woman’s creatively open set, which Robin Wright, who plays Antiope in the film, found liberating.

“It was so refreshing to work with a woman who was so open and available and excited by all that everyone brought,” Wright said. “You’re surround by 180-something women on the set. You think that energy wasn’t different? It was noticeable.”

Watch the clip for yourself, below:

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That energy was transferred to audience members, too. Wonder Woman‘s impact was astronomical. One kindergarten teacher wrote that the film caused several of her female students to find their superhero potential. One viewer found comfort in Wonder Woman’s realistic-looking thighs—and she wrote a now-viral Tumblr post about it. This movie pushed the feminist dial forward in many ways. We’re a better world because of it.

And now you can watch it whenever you want. Wonder Woman hits DVD stands today.

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