Numbers don’t lie: Many people go to see Superman This weekend.
According to Hollywood Reporter, James Gunn has restarted the DC Hero’s reboot, which is estimated to earn $217 million in its three-day debut. Of these, $122 million comes from North America, making it the first superhero movie since 2024 Deadpool and Wolverine More than $100 million. Compared to other DC movies, this is the brand’s first film to cross this milestone in North America since 2022 Batman ($134 million) and then beat Iron Man $116.7 million is the best domestic release of a Superman movie ever.
Warner Bros. has been marketing Superman Like in recent months of Crazy, the cover story and the actors (and Gunn) have had many interviews about the film to make the studio hope its DC movie program will get people involved. In terms of reception, critics are usually positive, while audiences appear quite high. According to analyst Luiz Fernando, it has an A-Cinemascore in its audience, and a higher-than-average B+ or B-range cape movie usually draws audiences. (Early screenings a few days before official release may not be injured either.)
Like other blockbusters this month, word of mouth may give it some legs in the coming weeks. General How to train your dragon Remake and Jurassic World Rebirth In their fifth and second weekends, the world made $560.8 million and $529.5 million. at the same time, Lilo & Stitch According to Fernando, the global remake is $994.3 million and could hit $1 billion next weekend. No wonder Disney is already talking about the sequel.
Huge competition Superman yes Fantastic Four: Step One (July 25), also landed on the San Diego Comic Con weekend. Otherwise, our genre plays for the rest of the month include restarting I know what you did last summer (July 18), iCk (July 24), Home (July 25) and Together (July 30). Fantastic Four It will almost certainly devour some attention Superman, But maybe they will provide the dual features of superheroes.
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