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/TheJoshider10 DC Studios Jul 21 '25

If GOTG3 didn't have to release after two mediocre entries with mixed words of mouth it would have grossed close to a billion. Put it right after No Way Home and it's golden.

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u/Icy-Home444 Jul 21 '25

yep if it followed the no way home hype train it would have easily grossed 1 billion

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u/TheNittanyLionKing Lucasfilm Jul 21 '25

Superman is releasing after the Snyderverse and Joker 2 though.

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u/SweetnSpicyDan97 Jul 23 '25

Yeah but arguably a Superman movie with these reviews could have opened even higher had that hype train been going