Birds of Prey director says expectations for female-led movies are too high

According to foreign media reports recently, the director of DC's new film "Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn" Yan Yuqian expressed her views on the box office of the film in an interview.

Birds of Prey opened in North America in February this year with a box office of $33.3 million, which was lower than industry expectations. The total box office of the film was more than 200 million US dollars. As an R-rated movie, it was basically labeled a failure by the outside world and is currently Warner's worst "superhero" movie.

Cathy Yan said: "I know everyone has high expectations for this movie, and some people have too high expectations for female-led movies. What disappoints me most is that some people think this proves that we are not ready for such a movie." She said that as a female director of color, she has been under too much pressure. "It is your freedom to evaluate whether the movie is successful. But there are indeed many people who are evaluating it with tinted glasses."

Considering the poor box office performance of "Birds of Prey", I wonder if DC will temporarily shelve this series in the future, or change the style of the sequel?