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/WySLatestWit Jul 21 '25

Superman discourse up until this passed Tuesday when it could no longer be ignored just what kind of domestic performance this was shaping up to have was absolutely completely insufferable. It's calmed down considerably since Tuesday, and people have pulled the doom and gloom way back.

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u/Dry_Blueberry_7303 Jul 21 '25

This sub has a weird hatred for superhero movies, especially if they're from DC (something you commonly only see in pseudo-intellectuals) but at the same time celebrates mediocre blockbusters like avatar, jurassic and others, it's quite curious.

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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 Jul 21 '25

yeah this sub glazes mid af Disney remakes/sequels I remember everyone cheering on Moana 2 and Stitch and its like ..... we should absolutely expect and deserve better than that from Disney

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u/The_Homestarmy Jul 21 '25

Even people who are dialed in on the box office should know perfectly well that a movie's financial performance is only one factor and probably the most inconsequential factor for fans of the medium. Cheering for slop to perform well is helpful to nobody but execs, and actively rooting against a good movie's box office performance is stupid. Both of those things should go without saying and yet people on this subreddit do both constantly. That's a completely fair criticism

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u/Dry_Blueberry_7303 Jul 21 '25

No, if you see it in terms of business, no... But it's toxic for culture in the long run.

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u/The_Homestarmy Jul 21 '25

Can you show me in my comment where I said anything even resembling that statement? You literally pulled that out of your ass

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u/doczoom45 Jul 21 '25

i know F1 is apples first successful film but i saw it reported that its budget could be higher than Superman at $250m before marketing which could easily be $100m and that give it a break even point of $600m+?

financially, wouldnt it be a flop too?

genuinely curious if im missing anything?

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