{"id":60030,"date":"2025-07-12T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T16:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60030\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T16:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T16:43:10","slug":"superman-soars-to-second-biggest-opening-day-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60030\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Superman’ Soars to Second-Biggest Opening Day of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt\u2019s up, up and away for Warner Bros.<\/a> and DC Studios<\/a>\u2018 \u201cSuperman<\/a>,\u201d which got off the ground with $56.5 million across Friday and preview screenings in 4,135 theaters. That\u2019s the second-biggest such figure for the calendar year, floating just behind \u201cA Minecraft Movie\u201d ($57.11 million) and ahead of \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d ($55.94 million). <\/p>\n

\n\tOf note, \u201cSuperman\u201d earned some extra cash with early-access screenings Tuesday for Amazon Prime members, playing before the traditional Thursday evening opening.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe superhero reboot, written and directed by the \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d trilogy\u2019s James Gunn<\/a>, drew conservative mid-week projections for a debut of $100 million, while some more bullish outlets were forecasting north of $140 million less than 24 hours ago. Things are looking to settle closer to $120 million. \u201cSuperman\u201d gets a revenue boost from luxury ticket prices for Imax and other premium large format auditoriums.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s a successful lift-off for the Man of Steel, plus an additional notch for the box office hot streak at Warner Bros., which has strung together a run of hits that started with the opening of \u201cA Minecraft Movie\u201d back in April. But \u201cSuperman\u201d is a much more consequential film for Warner Bros. than its average theatrical release. Along with its big $225 million production budget, the film has the responsibility of launching a new on-screen universe for DC Comics characters, laying the groundwork for what could potentially be many more lucrative years of superhero blockbusters. <\/p>\n

\n\tTo fully solidify that this franchise is here to stay, \u201cSuperman\u201d will have to hold strong after the fan-driven opening and stay relevant among other summer competitors. It\u2019s got good reviews on its side, plus strong approval among ticketbuyers, as indicated by the \u201cA-\u201d grade polled by survey firm Cinema Score.<\/p>\n

\n\tDavid Corenswet becomes the Man of Steel in this reboot, facing off against billionaire Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) and, under his day-player name Clark Kent, working with journalist Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan). There are also a bunch of other superheroes, including Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan) and Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi) \u2014 plus Daily Planet reporter Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo) too.<\/p>\n

\n\tSliding to second, Universal\u2019s \u201cJurassic World Rebirth\u201d added another $11.3 million on Friday. The seventh entry in the dino franchise is eyeing $38.7 million across the three-day frame, which would be down 58% from its Friday-to-Sunday total a week ago. (Notably, \u201cRebirth\u201d had a five-day opening, starting on a Wednesday ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.)<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019d be a hair stronger than the 59.2% sophomore slide by its franchise predecessor, 2022\u2019s \u201cJurassic World Dominion.\u201d \u201cRebirth\u201d crossed a $200 million domestic gross on Friday and looks to hit $230 million through the end of the weekend. After 10 days of release, it already ranks as the fifth-highest grossing North American release of the year. But \u201cDominion\u201d earned $250 million through the same time frame. \u201cRebirth\u201d is putting up an inarguable blockbuster performance, but there is some noteworthy franchise decay in the numbers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThird goes to Warner Bros.\u2019 release of Apple Studios\u2019 racing thriller \u201cF1,\u201d which added another $3.7 million on Friday, down 47% from its daily total a week ago. The Brad Pitt-led production has now earned $126.9 million in North America and climbed into the top 10 domestic earners of the year so far. Whether Apple can turn much of a theatrical profit on \u201cF1,\u201d with its massive $250 million production budget and many more millions in marketing costs, is a questionable prospect. But the tech giant has made its biggest splash yet in theaters, and international grosses have been strong.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal gets fourth with \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon,\u201d still spreading its wings in the top five in its fifth weekend of release. The live-action remake added another $2.3 million on Friday and is projecting a $7.7 million three-day haul (a 31% drop). Total domestic gross looks to hit $239 million through the weekend. Of note, \u201cDragon\u201d has now outgrossed its source material, DreamWorks Animation\u2019s 2010 original, making it the biggest entry ever for the property.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cElio\u201d rounds out the top five, adding another $1.2 million on Friday to push its domestic total to $60.9 million. Now in its fourth weekend of release, the original animated feature has actually been putting up decent week-to-week holds, but not strong enough to overcome its disappointing $20 million opening weekend \u2014 the lowest-ever for a Pixar feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s up, up and away for Warner Bros. and DC Studios\u2018 \u201cSuperman,\u201d which got off the ground with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[954,171,956,9180,67,132,68,1021],"class_list":{"0":"post-60030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dc-studios","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-james-gunn","11":"tag-superman","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-warner-bros"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114841269327620439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}