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Wonder Woman Saves the U.K. Economy
U.K. box-office receipts and film production accounted for almost one third of second-quarter growth
To the rescue!
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Wonder Woman – at least according to the latest cinematic version of the story – helped Britain to win World War I. Now it appears she’s doing her bit for the economy.
U.K. box-office receipts for the Warner Bros. film, and others such as “Pirates of the Caribbean,” helped drive growth in services in the second quarter of the year. Including film production, the sector grew 8.2 percent and added 0.07 percentage point to gross domestic product over the three months. That’s almost one third of the 0.3 percent growth recorded in the period.