10 Female-Directed Films That Saw Huge Box Office Success

Mamma mia! Here we go again! Of course there had to be a Meryl Streep film on this list somewhere, but we bet you wouldn't have guessed it would be this one. The 2008 film adaptation of the Abba musical was a big hit, holding the title for highest-grossing live-action film to be directed by a woman until Wonder Woman came along in 2017. Part of its success is due to Phyllida Lloyd, who was the director on the film (and who later directed Streep again in The Iron Lady). As of today, the musical movie has grossed $609.8 million. Fingers crossed that the sequel fares this well.