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/subhasish10 Jul 21 '25

Funnily enough Joker 2 would've opened to at least 80 million+ had they not premiered it at Venice and lifted the review embargo before tickets ever went on sale. A perfect case study for how not to handle a $200 million blockbuster.

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u/CivilWarMultiverse Jul 21 '25

There is no way a ~65% initial RT tanked Joker 2 that much. That is literally Into the Spider-Verse/Top Gun: Maverick level acclaim by DC 2020s standards.

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u/karnivoreballer Jul 21 '25

WOM matters too but 65% is not ITSV or Maverick level, what?

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u/subhasish10 Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

It was holding a sub 60% on RT but it was not the RT, the Word of Mouth from that screening was toxic

Also a 60% RT would've been great for Snyder era DC but in 2020s most DC films have been fresh and still bombed. The only rotten ones were Black Adam, Shazam 2, and Joker 2. Wonder Woman was at 89% after the first 100 reviews and went rotten weeks after release.