--- title: Hollywood Summer Box Office Falls to 11-Year Low description: Despite the successes of films like Wonder Woman and Dunkirk, audiences stayed clear of movie theaters this summer. canonical: https://time.com/4927128/hollywood-box-office-summer-sales/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-05T15:03:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:16:56.643Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Hollywood Box Office Had the Worst Summer in 11 Years og:description: Despite successes like 'Wonder Woman' and 'Dunkirk' og:url: https://time.com/4927128/hollywood-box-office-summer-sales/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Film Review Wonder Woman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hollywood Box Office Had the Worst Summer in 11 Years twitter:description: Despite successes like 'Wonder Woman' and 'Dunkirk' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hollywood Box Office Had the Worst Summer in Over a Decade > Sponsored content. 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Insult to injury was the [Labor Day weekend frame](http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/03/labor-day-box-office-flops-worst-two-decades/) — the first without a wide release (more than 1,000 theaters) in 25 years — which tallied an estimated $99.5 million. The last time a four-day Labor Day weekend failed to top $100 million in ticket sales was back in 1998. The summer malaise — exacerbated by the last three weeks, when the only major release was Lionsgate’s _The Hitman’s Bodyguard_ — dropped overall yearly revenue to 6 percent behind last year’s totals. Despite summer ending with a whimper, the early months of the season were loaded with hits: _Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2_ kicked things off in May and has totaled more than $389 million in domestic ticket sales ($863 million worldwide), more than its predecessor accomplished in 2014\. Fellow Marvel release _Spider-Man: Homecoming_ was also a success, earning $325 million in North America ($747 million worldwide), more than the past two _Spider-Man_ films (with Andrew Garfield in the lead role) but less than Sam Raimi’s trilogy of features with Tobey Maguire. But it was _Wonder Woman_ that ruled all, with $409 million in domestic ticket sales ($813 million worldwide). The Gal Gadot film was the summer’s biggest hit and stands as the fifth highest grossing superhero movie of all-time in North America. There were other winners too: _Despicable Me 3_ ($258 million), Christopher Nolan’s _Dunkirk_ ($180 million), _Girls Trip_ ($112 million), _Baby Driver_ ($105 million), and _The Big Sick_ ($41 million). But amid those success stories were washouts like _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales_, _The Mummy_, _Baywatch_, and _King Arthur_. The good news is that September may very well rebound in a hurry with _It_. The Stephen King adaptation, opening in more than 4,000 theaters on Friday, is expected to shatter the September opening weekend record ($48 million, held by _Hotel Transylvania 2_). _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/04/summer-box-office-fail/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4927128/hollywood-box-office-summer-sales/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4927128/hollywood-box-office-summer-sales/"},"headline":"Hollywood Box Office Had the Worst Summer in Over a Decade","datePublished":"2017-09-05T15:03:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:16:56.643Z","description":"Despite successes like \"Wonder Woman\" and \"Dunkirk\"","url":"https://time.com/4927128/hollywood-box-office-summer-sales/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Film Review Wonder Woman","caption":"Film Review Wonder Woman","creditText":"Clay Enos—Warner Bros. 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