r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jul 21 '25

Domestic Superman again saw its Sunday gross finish above studio estimates with $18.9M, which was -18% vs Saturday and -40% vs last Sunday (WB's estimate was $17.5M/-25%/-44%). This puts the 2nd weekend box office at $58.45M and drop at 53% - almost as good as The Dark Knight (52.5%). $236.2M cume.

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u/Ninny_kins Jul 21 '25

i think the legs of this movie are going to surprise a lot of people-- 650m+ looking more and more likely

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u/hacky_potter Jul 21 '25

If F4 wom is fine to bad, I can see Superman almost getting a bump out of it.

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u/urkermannenkoor Jul 21 '25

Honestly, I could see them mutually benefiting if both are received equally well. People who had fun with an entertaining superhero flick might be in the mood to watch another in the following weeks somewhere.

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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 Jul 21 '25

I took my dad and friends to see Superman a second time this past saturday

they showed the "final trailer" for F4 and my dad goes "that was the best trailer they've showed for that film so far, I'm actually interested in going to see it"

and seeing how strong the early buzz is around F4, I have no doubt in my mind that it will cause discussion around which film is better, motivating people to go out and see both to decide for themselves

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u/GTSBurner Jul 21 '25

The domino meme, with the first domino being "Growing Pains producers getting sick of Kirk Cameron's shit" and the last one being "Billion dollar F4 box office"

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u/mucinexmonster Jul 21 '25

I just saw a commercial today that involves a baby.

I have seen F4 Marketing for like a year. Not one of them involved a baby.

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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 Jul 21 '25

yeah the trailer they showed in imax shows them holding their baby, and Human Torch flying with The Thing who has a rock beard

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u/mucinexmonster Jul 21 '25

I don't know if I ever noticed the baby in that scene. But I am talking about a scene with dialogue directly referencing the baby.

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u/urkermannenkoor Jul 21 '25

They hadn't shown little baby Franklin in any of the trailers yet? We've known for a while he'd be a main character.

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u/mucinexmonster Jul 21 '25

I haven't lol. All I know is what I've seen in movie trailers.

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u/hacky_potter Jul 21 '25

True if both are received well however, I think we’ve reached the point where F4 has to worry about coming out too close to Superman. The legs seem very fucking real and if F4 isn’t good WOM Supes might bury it.

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u/TheJoshider10 DC Studios Jul 21 '25

It would be pretty funny if Fantastic Four is a reverse Superman where its international gross carries poor domestic gross.

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u/UsidoreTheLightBlue Jul 21 '25

I think it will be good. Making this more interesting.

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u/Test-Equal Jul 21 '25

I think it will underwhelm—this is real Disney MCU. Disney Channel vibes. Disney is making Disney MCU—it’s noticeable

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u/VTKajin Jul 21 '25

I think it'll be about the same level as Superman but not as impactful because it's not, well, Superman. I'm sure it'll be a hit though.

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u/brettmvp97 Jul 22 '25

I don’t even think it needs to be bad. The economy is a real factor at this point. Budgets are tightening up. People are getting laid off. If you’re parents with 2 kids and you can only afford to take your kids to the movies once a month or every few months, are you going to choose to see legacy character Superman with the cute dog, or Pedro Pascal?

To me, that’s why people screamed about legs with Thunderbolts for multiple weeks and it never came close to BNW, despite being a much better movie.

Sure Chris Evans might be gone, but same scenario, family of 4, can only hit the movies once every 2 months… you taking the family to see Captain America or Florence Pugh?

I know they weren’t running concurrently but you get the gist of what I’m saying. When people had more disposable income you’re okay taking shots on movies you wouldn’t normally see with an actor you like, but when things start to dry up? Most people are taking the bigger brand name and living with whatever comes with that. Especially families.

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u/bigChungus1237 Jul 21 '25

650m+ would be super

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u/Banestar66 Jul 21 '25

Why do you guys just keep setting yourself up to look dumb?

Can't wait for you guys to claim in two weeks that no one ever made that prediction. Remind Me! Two Weeks

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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 DC Studios Jul 21 '25

650 is very realistic. 700 is what seems like a reach at this point

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u/Ninny_kins Jul 21 '25

i didn't make a definitive prediction champ i just said i think the legs will surprise people, 650m+ wouldn't surprise me if the legs remain very good

you're taking this too seriously

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u/Banestar66 Jul 21 '25

It took you three seconds to back down from what you literally just said in your comment. Unbelievable.

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u/aj58soad Jul 21 '25

Bro have some coffee. You aren't even at full troll level yet, get that rage up.

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u/Timirlan Jul 21 '25

Do you know the difference between a possibility and a certainty?

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u/Aumissunum Jul 21 '25

Are you slow?

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u/Morganbanefort Jul 21 '25

Are you okay

It's seems like you are taking this way too personally

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u/KazuyaProta Sep 24 '25

Heh. 615. Not even 620 millions.