SUPERMAN Has Already Earned $20 Million In Presales; Should Break A Big MAN OF STEEL Record This Weekend

SUPERMAN Has Already Earned $20 Million In Presales; Should Break A Big MAN OF STEEL Record This Weekend

Things are looking good for Superman heading into its opening weekend, as presale ticket sales are currently around $20 million. All signs point to the movie breaking a record held by Man of Steel, too.

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By JoshWilding - Jul 09, 2025 05:07 AM EST
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Following yesterday's glowing reviews for Superman, it was reported that the movie is eyeing a $100 million - $130 million opening in the U.S. and a $100 million start overseas. That's a global debut of $230 million or more. 

While DC Studios is predicting a conservative $100 million start for the reboot, tracking firms and exhibitors' internal estimates are on the higher side, with a $115 million - $130 million looking likely. That sets the stage for Superman to break a record currently held by 2013's Man of Steel.

That opened to $116.6 million, which, at the time, was the highest debut ever for a Superman movie. Now, all signs point to Superman topping the Zack Snyder-helmed movie, meaning it will land the biggest debut for the Man of Tomorrow ever. 

For comparison, Superman: The Movie opened to just shy of $7.5 million in 1978, with the sequel debuting with $14.1 million (these figures are unadjusted for inflation, but those were impressive starts at the time). Superman III had a $13.3 million opening despite being panned, while the awful Superman IV: Quest for Peace only made $5.6 million during its first weekend in theaters. 

In terms of modern Superman movies, Superman Returns struggled to take off in 2006 with a $52.5 million three-day haul and $84.5 million over the long Fourth of July weekend. 

As noted, Man of Steel holds the domestic record with $116.6 million, a figure Superman should be able to quite easily fly beyond. The DCU movie won't top 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as that had a huge $166 million start, but it wasn't a solo Superman adventue and obviously benefited from the Dark Knight's presence. 

Back to this weekend, and according to Deadline, Superman has already earned an impressive $20 million in presales. That places it above Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and puts it in the same territory as movies like Suicide Squad, Captain Marvel, and The Batman, all of which were box office hits. 

Things are looking good for Superman, with an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes, which has seen it "Certified Fresh" by the review aggregator. 

Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025.

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Forthas
Forthas - 7/9/2025, 5:52 AM
"The DCU movie won't top 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as that had a huge $166 million start...but it wasn't a solo Superman adventue"

Superman 2025 is not a solo Superman film!
ComicBookPsycho
ComicBookPsycho - 7/9/2025, 5:56 AM
@Forthas - Superman also doesn't feature the other 2 most popular DC characters.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/9/2025, 6:00 AM
@Forthas - I mean let's be honest though, he is the main character in 2025's...unlike Superman basically being a supporting character in BvS (where he should have been the main).
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 6:04 AM
@UnderBelly - he should have been equal!

But snyder wanted to make a batman movie 😮‍💨
Forthas
Forthas - 7/9/2025, 6:11 AM
@ComicBookPsycho -
@UnderBelly
@JurassicClunge

Well...a Green Lantern, Hawk girl, Mr. Terrific and Krypto were prominently featured in the marketing and had more than cameo roles. Sounds like a team up to me!
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 6:18 AM
@Forthas - facts!

They complained about BvS being overstuffed with The league and yet 3 of the cameos were like 8 second videos.

The James Gun.. I mean Justice Gang literally have talking parts and actual screen time longer than a minute. 😮‍💨

This is basically a team up movie
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 7/9/2025, 6:19 AM
@Forthas - why is it not?
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 7/9/2025, 6:21 AM
@JurassicClunge - all movie have other characters though. Is Michael Clayton not a movie about Michael Clayton because there are 4 other co leads?
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 6:24 AM
@Nonameforme - these ate superhero movies sir!

They usually fit into two categories solos and team ups. The other heroes in this film are from their own comic lines making this a cross over / team up.

You can't apply normal cinema logic to superhero films like this 🧐
Forthas
Forthas - 7/9/2025, 6:29 AM
@Nonameforme - Are you saying Captain America Civil War is NOT a team up film? Even if Captain America is the core story it features other superheroes that have been defined in their own comic book lines.
AleSir19
AleSir19 - 7/9/2025, 6:54 AM
@Forthas - Eh, Batman V Superman still is a piece of shit film that bombed hard. I mean, it had Batman and Wonder Woman, and still bombed hard.

It don't understand what changes being a team up movie or not, Superman is now projected to make almost the entire domestic box office of Batman V Superman in one weekend...

So i mean, the writing is on the world. You can like Snyder films, You can have attachment to them and fond memories.

But those are a thing of the past, they are dead, there is nothing there, so i mean, You should let go men.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/9/2025, 6:56 AM
@Forthas - They feature but are not the main focus. I've not seen it but i would assume Superman as a character has a full arc compared to the others.

@JurassicClunge "You can't apply normal cinema logic to superhero films like this 🧐:

Lol, what!??? They do this in comic books all the time. Other characters often feature in other solo stories to help serve that characters story.

Look at Captain America 2 and 3, Cap had the main arc, the other characters supported that story. Same for Flash (to a lesser effect), or Iron Man 2, 3, Spider-Man's MCU trilogy, Thor Ragnarok etc...
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 7/9/2025, 6:56 AM
@JurassicClunge - if you saw the movie than you know it’s no where near a team movie at all.


Try again
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 7:05 AM
@UnderBelly - i would call a lot of those team ups, Cap 3 was a team up to me same with ragnarok. I get what you mean about IM2 but BW wasn't a massive part of it and war machine is from.the IM universe. I also feel like the spiderman MCU trilogy were not really solo films (maybe 1 was) 3 was defo a spiderwebs team up movie
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 7:06 AM
@JoJo1982 - sounds like theres a few charcters teaming up in the movie sir 👀
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/9/2025, 7:11 AM
@JurassicClunge - You would call them team ups but the owners and distributors certainly make them and marketed them as solo films with other known supporting characters.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 7:12 AM
@UnderBelly - that is true sir!
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 7/9/2025, 7:19 AM
@Forthas - of course that's a team up film. It's designed that way. Oceans 11 is a film about Danny ocean but it also has other equally important characters is it less an oceans film because of that?
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 7/9/2025, 7:20 AM
@JurassicClunge - sure you can. Movies are movies.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/9/2025, 7:36 AM
@AleSir19 - "Eh, Batman V Superman still is a piece of shit film that bombed hard".

Lets get it right though, the movie was critically divisive mostly panned, but it didn't 'bomb' hard.

It made $870 million at the WW box office against a $250 mill budget. That's a financial success.

I was hoping for a true MoS sequel and I'm one of those people that wasn't such a big fan of the movie. The directors cut added little for me, but it was not a bomb.

There were moments that I liked but too many I didn't
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 7/9/2025, 7:57 AM
@JurassicClunge - I watched it last night. I think partial team-up movie is a fair characterization. There are many action scenes where Superman is on his own.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/9/2025, 8:07 AM
@GeneralZod - It also always depends on who the other characters are, Stark or Rogers joined by Black widow will still be considered solo Iron Man and Cpt America films, Spider-man heavily featuring a by then fully A list Iron Man is oft considered less so. On it's own other major characters featured and maybe at times joining forces with is never enough to consider a film anything other than a solo one, depends who and how much focus on the lead.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/9/2025, 8:31 AM
@Nonameforme - The 'Eleven' in the title of Ocean's Eleven is a direct reference to the other ten of them.

Although now that I'm thinking about it, it really should have been called 'Ocean's Ten' because only ten of them pertain to Danny Ocean while one of the group actually is Danny Ocean. They are his ten. They can't be his eleven. Charlie is not an angel.

And neither Charlie, his angels or Danny Ocean and his ten have any superpowers. They couldn't lift a car above their head between the 15 of them let alone smash it into a rock.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 7/9/2025, 8:49 AM
@Forthas - Having a supporting cast doesn't make something an ensemble story.
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 7/9/2025, 8:54 AM
@ObserverIO - this gave me a headache.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/9/2025, 9:08 AM
@Nonameforme - 😂 😂
bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/9/2025, 9:16 AM
@Forthas - they're in the movie for less than 10 minutes, stop assuming shit
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 7/9/2025, 2:47 PM
@Forthas - not really and I saw the movie last night

That’s like saying Superman teamed up with the army in the third act of man of steel.

Or Iron man teamed up with Pepper Potts in the last battle in Iron man 1.

You see what I’m saying? So yeah! Try again lol
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/9/2025, 5:58 AM
I hope it does well enough. I've read some of the reviews and while its positive. I'm concerned for the all the 'sillyness'thats been highlighted, even in the positive reviews.

I'm hoping if we do get a sequel Gunn will pass the reins onto someone else.
Superheroking
Superheroking - 7/9/2025, 6:00 AM
Yeah, but how well is it going to hold in the second week?

That’s the question.
lord22
lord22 - 7/9/2025, 6:33 AM
@Superheroking - why would he have bad legs ? it's a fun movie with an iconic hero
AleSir19
AleSir19 - 7/9/2025, 6:55 AM
@Superheroking - Better than Jurassic Park, for me F1 is the real contender here...
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 7/9/2025, 7:53 AM
@Superheroking - The movie is very rewatchable, I think. And word-of-mouth should be strong.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/9/2025, 8:33 AM
@lord22 - If I kept lifting cars above my head I'd have bad legs.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 6:01 AM
🧐 something about the critical reception just feels off TO ME. I've never seen a film described as messy, overstuffed, tonally inconsistent been given such positive reviews in the same damn reviews that describe it as such.


I'm not saying the movie is bad (I'm yet to see it) but usually when these buzz words are used the film gets ripped to shreds.

I feel like Gunn got in at the perfect time to get a pass.

. People are sick of the snydercucks and want to shut them up forever
. Marvel have hit a stale patch & people are looking for something new
. We have been starved of Superman solo movies for over 10 years

Just my thoughts 😮‍💨

Now I await for the rabid Gunn nuts to attack me 🤣

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Forthas
Forthas - 7/9/2025, 6:04 AM
@JurassicClunge - You have the most hilarious posts! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 6:14 AM
@Forthas - i was trying to be serious sir 😒😬🧐😅

I guess i just can't when the Gunn nuts are gonna attack me no matter what 😭😉😌
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 7/9/2025, 7:51 AM
@JurassicClunge - The movie has some issues, but it's a very positive, feel-good movie that makes you rally behind Superman, who Gunn puts through the wringer start to finish. I think that's why we are seeing these imbalanced reviews.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/9/2025, 7:58 AM
@GeneralZod - I'm glad you enjoyed it sir, I may see it this weekend!

Or next monday for the latest 😬

What you said makes sense!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/9/2025, 8:46 AM
@JurassicClunge - If, hypothetically IF WBD paid for good reviews (which is not actually that far-fetched) then they're dumber than I thought.

They need to gauge how the film is being received in order to know how to proceed with their franchise.

They've already muddied the box office numbers by choosing to release the film between two massive blockbusters (Jurassic World and Fantastic Four) so there's only a certain amount of money the film can make and it will always be excused for not making more because it has a good excuse.

So both sets of numbers would be unreliable And audience scores are always unreliable, especially with a film like this. People will be review bombing one way or another which will muddle the results.

Paying for good reviews would be shooting themselves in the foot.

It is more important that this film successfully reboots the DCU in a way that has sustainability rather than being seen as a success or making money. It's way more important that WBD/DC Studios knows whether or not to continue to invest in this current version of the franchise.
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