“”[There’s] Anti-American feeling in the world now “

Although some believe that the film should really do better all markets, James Gunn Superman very well succeeded at the national box office. Internationally, not so much.

The restart of the DCU still managed to exceed the world box office during its second weekend in theaters with $ 102.45 million (57.3 million national dollars and 45.2 million international dollars), and is now a global total of $ 406.8 million. Even so, when $ 236 million came from North America and $ 171 million from the rest of the world, it is clear that the public abroad does not adopt the film in the same way.

While speaking to Rolling Stone, Gunn weighed on the national / international disparity of the box office, and he thinks that a number of factors are to be blamed.

“We lose definitively better at the national level than we are internationally, but internationally also increases and has very good numbers during the week in the same way as us. So, obviously, word of mouth is very positive here and everywhere else.

“Superman is not a known goods in certain places”, “ He continued. “He is not a great superhero known in certain places like Batman. It affects things. And that also affects things that we have a certain amount of anti-American feeling in the world at the moment. The last three years.

Although some may accuse Gunn to apologize here, he is not wrong. Overall, Superman has always been more popular in North America than the rest of the world, and the character tends to be considered a symbol of the United States by some.

Aside from numbers abroad, believe that analysts Superman should finish its theatrical race at around $ 640 million at $ 700 million.

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– Superman (@Superman) July 20, 2025

Superman Stars David Corenswet in the role of 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 M. 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.”