The weekend box office numbers are there, and Superman came a little below expectations at the national level with the beginnings of $ 122 million – but exceeded initial global estimates of $ 210 by a certain margin.
The national film count was still high enough to give it the third arc of 2025 after A minecraft film ($ 162 million) and Lilo & Stitch (146 million dollars), as well as the biggest opening weekend for a superman film.
With an additional $ 95 million in foreign markets, James Gunn’s Restart of DCU is starting with a global start of $ 217 million.
Superman had a reported production budget of $ 225 million (before additional marketing costs), so he still has a way to go if he has to be considered a success for DC Studios. Positive criticisms (82% on Rotten Tomatoes) and word of mouth will probably guarantee that the film continues to wrap them for at least a few weeks, but rigid competition is just over ten days when Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First steps arrived.
As Variety note, “The big opening weekends are rarely a problem for comic book films, in particular those anchored by a hero as universally recognizable as Superman. But the ability to continue to attract the crowd during the busy summer season will be a truer test of the film force of the property.”
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Superman features David Corenswet as Clark Kent / The Man of Steel, Rachel Brosnahan like Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult like Lex Luthor, Isabela Merced like Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific and Anthony Carrigan As Metamorpho.
The distribution also priitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell as “Ma” and “PA” Kent, and the Supergirl of Milly Alcock was confirmed to make its debut before its own Tomorrow’s wife movie.
“And it’s an envelope,” Gunn posted last year once the shoot was ended. “May God bless our casting and our crew whose commitment, creativity and hard work gave life to this project. I decided to make a film on a good man in a world that is not always so much.
Thank you all at the bottom of my heart. It was an honor. The destination was Superman, but the journey was the work and laughter and the emotions and the ideas and the magic that we shared together on the set – and for that, I am eternally grateful. “”
You can consult a synopsis for the film below.
“In his signature style, James Gunn faces the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular mixture of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who is motivated by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humanity.”
