--- title: Wonder Woman: Alamo Drafthouse Holds Women-Only Screenings description: Screenings will take place in Austin and New York canonical: https://time.com/4795344/wonder-woman-screenings-women-only-alamo-drafthouse/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-26T01:03:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:40.639Z og:title: Alamo Drafthouse Will Host Women-Only Screenings of 'Wonder Woman' og:description: And some men aren't happy og:url: https://time.com/4795344/wonder-woman-screenings-women-only-alamo-drafthouse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe7d411ec83ce591/6988cf128fd2ee07203573be/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-movie-alamo-drafthouse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Build Presents The Cast Of "Wonder Woman" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alamo Drafthouse Will Host Women-Only Screenings of 'Wonder Woman' twitter:description: And some men aren't happy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe7d411ec83ce591/6988cf128fd2ee07203573be/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-movie-alamo-drafthouse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alamo Drafthouse Will Host Women-Only Screenings of _Wonder Woman_ and Some Men Aren't Happy > Sponsored content. 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Actress Gal Gadot attends Build The Cast of 'Wonder Woman' at Build Studio on May 23, 2017 in New York City. Desiree Navarro—WireImage/Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams May 26, 2017 1:03 AM UTC A movie theater chain announced it would host a few women-only screenings of _Wonder Woman —_ upsetting some men online. Alamo Drafthouse in Austin recently announced it would celebrate both Wonder Woman’s long-awaited movie and her many female fans by holding a [women-only showing](https://drafthouse.com/austin/show/women-only-screening-wonder-woman) of the film. “Apologies, gentlemen, but we’re embracing our girl power and saying ‘No Guys Allowed’ for one special night at the Alamo Ritz,” the theater said in its announcement. “And when we say ‘People Who Identify As Women Only,’ we mean it. Everyone working at this screening — venue staff, projectionist, and culinary team — will be female. Wonder Woman is a classic feminist icon and this summer’s film will be the first time she gets her own story on the big screen. Superhero movies are often criticized for their treatment of women, and Alamo wanted to celebrate this occasion. But this one night of women-focused entertainment was too much for the men of Facebook, who were eager to complain about being left out and accused the chain of “reverse sexism,” according to [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/05/25/alamo-drafthouse-wonder-woman-women-only-screening/)_._ Alamo Drafthouse issued a number of sassy and sarcastic responses to the men whose feelings were hurt. When one man asked if Alamo had ever hosted a men-only screening, the Alamo Austin Facebook page [replied](https://www.facebook.com/AlamoAustin/posts/1329447453777473?comment%5Fid=1329513130437572&reply%5Fcomment%5Fid=1329739030414982): “We’ve never done showings where you had to be a man to get in, but we \*did\* show the Entourage movie a few years ago.” And another man who asked if there would be a special screening for just those who identified as clowns got a joke response as well. “We might actually have to steal that clown idea. Thanks Ryan!” Alamo [posted](https://www.facebook.com/AlamoAustin/posts/1329447453777473?comment%5Fid=1329463953775823&reply%5Fcomment%5Fid=1329586247096927). The anger directed at the theater has not stopped tickets for the all-women screening from selling out. When Alamo put up the first screening, tickets sold out almost immediately, according to _EW_, and a second showing sold out, too. Now, [Alamo Drafthouse in New York](https://drafthouse.com/nyc/show/women-only-screening-wonder-woman) has also added a women-only screening, and proceeds will support Planned Parenthood. _Wonder Woman_ will start playing in theaters for everyone on June 2. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4795344/wonder-woman-screenings-women-only-alamo-drafthouse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4795344/wonder-woman-screenings-women-only-alamo-drafthouse/"},"headline":"Alamo Drafthouse Will Host Women-Only Screenings of Wonder Woman and Some Men Aren't Happy","datePublished":"2017-05-26T01:03:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:40.639Z","description":"Screenings will take place in Austin and New York","url":"https://time.com/4795344/wonder-woman-screenings-women-only-alamo-drafthouse/","keywords":["motto","wonder woman","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe7d411ec83ce591/6988cf128fd2ee07203573be/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-movie-alamo-drafthouse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe7d411ec83ce591/6988cf128fd2ee07203573be/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-movie-alamo-drafthouse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Build Presents The Cast Of \"Wonder Woman\"","caption":"Actress Gal Gadot attends Build The Cast of 'Wonder Woman' at Build Studio on May 23, 2017 in New York City.","creditText":"Desiree Navarro—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4795344/wonder-woman-screenings-women-only-alamo-drafthouse/","name":"Alamo Drafthouse Will Host Women-Only Screenings of Wonder Woman and Some Men Aren't Happy"}}]}] ```