--- title: Wonder Woman: Celebrities React to Box Office hit description: Lupita Nyongo, Octavia Spencer, Kerry Washington, and The Rock all weighed in on how much they loved Wonder Woman canonical: https://time.com/4805420/wonder-woman-celebrity-reactions/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-05T16:10:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:44.297Z og:title: Celebrities Love Wonder Woman Even More Than You Do og:description: Kerry Washington, The Rock and more weighed in on their love of Wonder Woman og:url: https://time.com/4805420/wonder-woman-celebrity-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c2d97d191a77554/6988cfd8ab6d777da26ae5b4/ww.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: WONDER WOMAN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities Love Wonder Woman Even More Than You Do twitter:description: Kerry Washington, The Rock and more weighed in on their love of Wonder Woman twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c2d97d191a77554/6988cfd8ab6d777da26ae5b4/ww.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'A Triumph!' 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Kerry Washington, The Rock, Lupita Nyongo, and more all weighed in on how much they love Wonder Woman_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 5, 2017 4:10 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 5, 2017 4:10 PM UTC _Wonder Woman_ broke [box office records](http://time.com/4804830/wonder-woman-patty-jenkins-opening-weekend-record/?iid=sr-link4) this weekend, earning $100.5 million in its debut to become the biggest [blockbuster](http://time.com/4804830/wonder-woman-patty-jenkins-opening-weekend-record/?iid=sr-link4) ever directed by a woman. Perhaps even more important than ticket sales, though, is the fact that fans adore Patty Jenkins’ film that stars [Gal Gadot](http://time.com/4799963/wonder-woman-review/?iid=sr-link3) as the DC comic book hero brought to life. The well-reviewed [movie](http://time.com/4800810/wonder-woman-paradox/?iid=sr-link6) brought raves from critics and fans, including many celebrities like Chris Hemsworth, Lupita Nyongo, Octavia Spencer, Kerry Washington, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who took to Twitter and Instagram to congratulate the director, the star, Hollywood, and the world for having a bad ass new superhero. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/871010567452078080) > [](https://twitter.com/kerrywashington/status/870861189122621442) Even Thor himself (well, Chris Hemsworth) couldn’t help but weigh in on the movie: > [](https://twitter.com/chrishemsworth/status/871025842595540993) Ava DuVernay, who famously [walked away](http://ew.com/article/2015/07/21/ava-duvernay-black-panther-blogher/) from directing the Marvel film, _Black Panther,_ took note of Jenkins’ box office success, too: > [](https://twitter.com/ava/status/870859101089054722) But the one celebrity endorsement that was perhaps the most exciting for Wonder Woman fans came from the OG Wonder Woman herself. Lynda Carter, who played the Amazonian princess in the 1980s series and has since become friendly with Gadot, took to Twitter to congratulate the new generation: > [](https://twitter.com/RealLyndaCarter/status/871544654310895616) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4805420/wonder-woman-celebrity-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4805420/wonder-woman-celebrity-reactions/"},"headline":"'A Triumph!' 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