Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been a mediocre summer so far for Hollywood box office numbers - down about 11 percent from last summer. But one movie has had remarkable staying power. (SOUNDBITE OF RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS' "WONDER WOMAN'S WRATH") CORNISH: "Wonder Woman" opened 10 weeks ago and is still playing in more than a thousand theaters. Most movies stay in theaters for just a couple of weeks. NPR's Ted Robbins filed this report. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WONDER WOMAN") GAL GADOT: (As Diana) Only love can truly save the world. TED ROBBINS, BYLINE: Not the usual wisecrack out of a modern superhero's mouth. And we know Wonder Woman is - pardon the oxymoron - no ordinary superhero, not on screen and not at the box office. She's about to surpass $400 million in North American ticket sales. Add in international box office, and she's nearly doubled that. PAUL DERGARABEDIAN: Well, it's obliterated expectations. ROBBINS: That's Paul Dergarabedian, senior
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