'Wonder Woman' likely to lasso more TV viewers than theatregoers

Theatre chains, including market leader AMC Entertainment Holdings are teetering on bankruptcy after a financially devastating 2020

Wonder Woman and her golden lasso are sure to best a collection of foes when she blasts onto the big screen on Christmas Day. However, the DC Comics superhero may not have as much success at the box office.

“Wonder Woman 1984” opened to slow sales in international markets last weekend, and -- with most U.S. theaters closed -- it’s certain to generate just a fraction of the $412.8 million in domestic ticket revenue that the first installment in the series brought in three years ago.

That may not be so bad for AT&T Inc.’s Warner Bros., the studio behind the $200