SUPERMAN Lands Biggest Tuesday Of 2025 As It Eyes $55+ Million Second Weekend At Domestic Box Office

SUPERMAN Lands Biggest Tuesday Of 2025 As It Eyes $55+ Million Second Weekend At Domestic Box Office

Superman continues to soar at the North American box office, landing the biggest Tuesday of the year so far with an impressive $17.1 million haul. We also have an update on the reboot's second weekend...

By JoshWilding - Jul 16, 2025 12:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman

Tuesday is discount day in North American theaters, and Superman scored the biggest Tuesday of the year with a whopping $17.1 million haul. 

With that, it's crossed $155 million at the domestic box office and is nearing $300 million worldwide (we'll have updated international numbers for you soon). $17.1 million is a bigger Tuesday than 2013's Man of Steel—adjusted for inflation, this time—and the movie should hit $175 million after its first seven days in theaters. 

Superman is also outpacing 2022's The Batman, and a final domestic gross of $350 million by the end of its run seems likely. This $17.1 million also breaks the record set by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016; the Zack Snyder-helmed team-up earned $12.2 million for what was then the biggest Tuesday ever for a movie featuring Kal-El.

Variety has also shared an update on Superman's second weekend, revealing that after its $125 million opening weekend, the DC Studios reboot is eyeing $55 million - $62 million this Friday to Sunday in the U.S. 

Positive reviews and strong word of mouth will help it secure a decent 50% - 55% drop, but those international numbers will be critical to its overall success. Superman doesn't mean quite as much to the rest of the world as he does to America, and almost every movie featuring the hero has performed better in the U.S. than overseas.

With The Fantastic Four: First Steps right around the corner, Superman doesn't have long to make that $225 million prediction budget back. 

Looking beyond that, the trade points out, "just because moviegoers are showing up for Superman, one of the most recognizable heroes on the planet, doesn’t mean there will automatically be interest in the cinematic adventures of comparatively unknown comic book characters" (referring to next year's Supergirl and Clayface movies).

Superman doesn't have much in the way of direct competition this weekend, at least, as I Know What You Did Last Summer should open to $15 million - $17 million. Smurfs, meanwhile, looks set for a soft $10 million - $12 million start. 

"Superman is an indescribable joy," we said in our review"A beautiful, moving thrill, David Corenswet is the perfect Man of Steel in a movie packed full of ideas. Fortunately, under James Gunn’s expert direction, all of those work, creating a rousing experience that flies higher than DC has in a very long time."

Superman is now playing in theaters.

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Goldboink
Goldboink - 7/16/2025, 12:18 PM
WOM will propel this. GA is hearing from thier friends that it's fun and that Supes is not a doosh in this version.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 7/16/2025, 12:30 PM
@Goldboink - *douche

Take it from someone who uses one.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 7/16/2025, 12:35 PM
@Lisa89 -
That is how I get it past the more restrictive filters. Doosh is slightly different as there is no redeeming qualities associated with it.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 7/16/2025, 12:39 PM
@Goldboink - Who gives a fuсk about filters?
Goldboink
Goldboink - 7/16/2025, 12:43 PM
@Lisa89 -
TheKendoMan for one...
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 7/16/2025, 12:46 PM
@Lisa89 - that's what I say every time I get an oil change
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 7/16/2025, 12:49 PM
@NonPlayerC - LOL

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dragon316
dragon316 - 7/16/2025, 2:01 PM
@Goldboink - wom - which one matters ? I don’t listen to strangers , family , reviews what they like my father and cousin like movies don’t look up I hate movie don’t look up I don’t find will feral funny some movies are fun to watch.,

I also know people who. Like. Avatar. Movies do listen take there word for it automatically like and go see avatar movies no chance reviews and critics rotten tomatoes like avatar movies
RolandD
RolandD - 7/16/2025, 2:24 PM
@Lisa89 - Perfect reply!
Goldboink
Goldboink - 7/16/2025, 2:42 PM
@dragon316 -
People discuss movies with thier friends and coworkers who have similar tastes. It's a thing.
da2213viking
da2213viking - 7/16/2025, 12:19 PM
Good news. Its holding well.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/16/2025, 1:04 PM
@da2213viking - bu...but ITS woke!! AND the Hawkperson kills Netanyahu !!! This needs to Flop REEEEEEEE3EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/16/2025, 2:36 PM
@Malatrova15 - Netenyahu doesnt speak slavic or live in eastern Europe.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/16/2025, 3:08 PM
@McMurdo - exactly..so i urge liberals to stop making this stupid comparision
TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 7/16/2025, 3:22 PM
@Malatrova15 - You lost
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/16/2025, 3:40 PM
@TheRedLeader - maybe but Boravia AND His rightful claim lives
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 7/16/2025, 12:20 PM
Third weekend will tell the tale... my original guess was 650M WW , but it may be more like 500M now...
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/16/2025, 12:22 PM
@ProfessorWhy - It all depends on what it does overseas. As things stand now, it'll likely end in the $500 million range, but if things pick up, then it can definitely reach $600 million.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/16/2025, 12:31 PM
@TheJok3r - For Superman that's still quite low though. Maybe a future sequel can improve those numbers. Ant-Man and The Wasp for example (which is not one of Marvel's most popular films) did 623M for example.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/16/2025, 12:55 PM
@Urubrodi - that was when people still believed in the Marvel hype. 2012 to 2019 was the absolute heyday of the comic book movie genre.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/16/2025, 2:43 PM
@McMurdo - Deadpool and Wolverine literally made 1.3B last year. Spider-Man No Way Home almost made 2B. Doctor Strange 2 almost 1B. Even the shitty Thor 4 passed 700M. The popular Marvel characters still make bank. Do you have any doubt that if Marvel announced tomorrow that Chris Evans was back for a new solo Cap movie that it wouldn't make loads of money?

It is true that unknown properties are now sttrugling to make money and the brand name is no longer enough. Even a great movie like Thunderbolts made little money.

But case in point, Superman, a top 2 DC hero in terms of recognition (I'd put Batman over him) should be aiming for 1B in an ideal world. If Superman stops at 600M, then imagine Supergirl.
spr0cks
spr0cks - 7/16/2025, 3:47 PM
@McMurdo -

RE : >>>that was when people still believed in the Marvel hype. 2012 to 2019 was the absolute heyday of the comic book movie genre."

In the last four years (which were not between 2012 to 2019 if my calendar is not broken.....and which also happen to have been AFTER Covid), Marvel had movies in theaters that made $1 billion or close to 1 billion at the box office.

Sooo....

If you make good movies people will go watch them without any need for any excuses for their poor performance
DS616
DS616 - 7/16/2025, 4:13 PM
@Urubrodi - Ant-Man & Wasp did those huge numbers due to the combination of riding the wave of worldwide MCU mania/because it was a Marvel movie released between Infinity War and Endgame/because there was no superhero fatigue/most people back then went to see every single Marvel movie solely because they didn't want to miss out on the post credits scene that sets up the next big Avengers movie which Marvel hasn't given fans a reason to care about since 2019. Kang got killed in his first ever appearance then the real-life actor got fired so they cared even less.

The short version: Ant-Man & Wasp didn't release in an anywhere near similar landscape as Superman.
DS616
DS616 - 7/16/2025, 4:14 PM
@Urubrodi - - Deadpool and Wolverine was a years-long hyped "crossover" which sells more tickets by default.

- Then the exact same situation again for No Way Home.

- Dr Strange 2 was riding the giant wave from No Way Home which was the direct movie before,

- Love and Thunder rode the same wave with the added allure of featuring one of Phase 1's most popular characters.

- Meanwhile Superman 2025 is having to deal with over 10 years of the general consensus being "Superman movies are too dark and gritty/boring" and "lol the DCEU sucks lol"
DS616
DS616 - 7/16/2025, 4:17 PM
@Urubrodi - You really need to read up on the current state of the cinema industry. Mission Impossible is the 4th highest grossing movie of the year......yet it didn't even break 600 million. In 2015 Jurassic World made ***1.7 BILLION*, meanwhile the latest Jurassic Park isn't going to get anywhere near a billion.

And it doesn't matter if Superman makes 500 million or 500 billion, no one was ever logically expecting Supergirl to top Superman's box-office. That's not how spin-offs featuring side characters work, or has ever worked. Especially for a female side character.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/16/2025, 7:11 PM
@JayTweIve - My point with Supergirl is that if you can't even crack a good box office with one of your biggest heroes, imagine his little cousin.

Deadpool and Wolverine made 1.3 billion last year as an R rated movie. I bet Zootopia 2 will break 1B and no need to even go over Avatar 3.
DS616
DS616 - 7/16/2025, 7:43 PM
@Urubrodi - I already explained why Deadpool Wolverine made 1.3 billion and how that isn't remotely the same situation as a Superman reboot coming off a previously divisive Superman movie/divisive DC cinematic universe.

Zootopia (AKA kids movies) have never been in the same boat as live-action blockbusters. Why else do you think the top 3 highest grossing movies of the year are Minecraft, Lolo & Stich and a 2 billion+ grossing animated kids movie from China. Parents take kids to the cinema for the vital purpose of having an activity for them to do/killing time in the day, plus millions of 3 year olds can go see Zootopia or Frozen while no parent is taking their 3 year old to Jurassic Park to then have nightmares after, or Superman where the characters say "sh!t" and get shot in the head.

Avatar will break a billion because it's a unique anomaly. Jurassic World, Fantastic 4 etc wont come close, yet they would have (and did) just a few years ago in a different landscape.

And Superman is doing very well with its box-office *relative* to all the outside factors affecting it that it has no control over. DC is literally in a re-building stage, and I don't mean their characters or cinematic universe, I mean they're re-building goodwill with the audience who finally had enough and stopped supporting the directionless mess that was the DCEU, which is the key reason why they rebooted all of it and how we end up with a situation such as a factually critically and audience acclaimed Superman movie that is going to end up making less than a factually divisive (at best) Superman movie from 12 years ago. The data and basic logic are all there to showcase this.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/16/2025, 10:09 PM
@JayTweIve - In brief this Superman is what Batman Begins was, a film with a character who SHOULD EASILY top the lists at the box office but who performs around the same or below films of the same genre released the year or so prior with what had been lesser known comic book characters due to prior poorly recieved versions of the character and general loss of brand trust.

Both have been well recieved and doing better than the studios admittedly lowball estimates thus did/will get a sequal which did/could pass the billion the characters should be bringing in as long as it is relatively well recieved and not tarnished by other DCU movies being bad.
DS616
DS616 - 7/17/2025, 4:35 AM
@Apophis71 - You hit the nail on the head!

To see what Gunn and Warner Bros are realistically aiming for with the DCU, all anyone needs to look at is the box office totals for the first few MCU films:

- It started off strong (but not amazing) with Iron Man 1; then Incredible Hulk made HALF of what Iron Man did, yet I didn't see anyone back then screaming "Haha the MCU is a FAILURE! All future movies are canceled"

- Then Iron Man 2 makes more money than the first

- Followed by Thor which makes *less* than Iron Man 2 but still *relatively* huge money for a previously unknown character

- Next was the first Captain America, which makes even less than Thor. I guess the MCU is dead...

- Oh wait it was followed by The Avengers which made *1.5 BILLION*.

And why did that happen? Because the success of a cinematic universe of connected movies isn't remotely defined by "did the latest movie make more money than the previous film?". If that were true then the MCU would've been instantly canceled after The Incredible Hulk. Yet what would Kevin Feige have told the studio execs? "We need to build up these characters and allow the audience to watch all of these movies over the next few years, not just 6 weeks in the cinema. Then when Avengers releases the box office will be huge and so will the next movie (Iron Man 3)".

James Gunn knows this, so does Zaslav. The only thing the DCU needs to accomplish is keep a generally *positive* word of mouth spreading, which the DCEU failed to do with its vital first 3 movies. Then we'll be off to the races and the DCU will have multiple movies breaking Man of Steel and Batman v Superman's box office totals.

The best possible people are in charge to make all of that a reality, which is something the DCEU never had.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/17/2025, 6:39 AM
@JayTweIve - Box office also reflects goodwill. Moreso than either RT critics or audience scores which can be an unreliable gauge of a movies social and critical reception.

Superman might flop.

That's not good however you slice it.
DS616
DS616 - 7/17/2025, 9:45 AM
@ObserverIO - It's already not "flopped" by any logical metric.

But tell us more about how F1 flopped.....and Jurassic World flopped....and Mission Impossible flopped. (AKA the 9th, 6th and 4th highest grossing movies of the year)

Cinema movies as a whole are factually down several hundred million dollars year-to-year. Then throw in the added giant uphill battle of Superman trying to claw back from audience perception of the trainwreck DCEU decade and it's made it even harder. This is all inarguable common sense. With similar factors Batman & Robin could've made twice as much as The Dark Knight, it still wouldn't mean jack squat in regard to the actual quality.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/17/2025, 9:50 AM
@JayTweIve - "It's already not flopped by any logical metric."

So you're saying it's already broken even? Its already made over $680M? No. It hasn't.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/17/2025, 2:23 PM
@spr0cks - Marvel didn't have anything without Sony and fox character. Tobey and Garfield got Spidey to 1 bil. Logan and the Fox Men got Dp3 to 1 bil. Marvel alone makes thunderbolts and cap 4 money now.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/17/2025, 2:27 PM
@Urubrodi - yes the Fox Men and Garfield/Toby got those films over the hump. In other news water wet.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/17/2025, 3:43 PM
@McMurdo - Far From Home had neither and also passed 1B.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/19/2025, 4:05 PM
@Urubrodi - wait the spiderman directly following Endgame made a billion? SHOCK HORROR LIGHTNING CRACKLE LIGHTNING CRACKLE!
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/20/2025, 6:33 AM
@McMurdo - Always a caveat with you, but sure let's watch DC's number 2 hero ending his run behind Thor's worst movie ever and celebrate like we won the World Cup
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 7/16/2025, 12:21 PM
The Batman managed to make nearly $370 million domestically, so if this movie keeps outpacing it, I can see it hitting the $400 million mark. Like you said though, the international numbers may hurt its final box office number, but hopefully that changes as the days and weeks go on.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/16/2025, 12:31 PM
@TheJok3r - saw a good post comparing this to wicked which also had soft international numbers. Had conpetition coming up with moana2, but due to legs, was able to make 750.

Lets wait and see. But these are great monday and tue numbers nonetheless
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/16/2025, 1:00 PM
@TheJok3r - my dad and sister went to an image last night and said it was packed. Obviously gonna differ city to city but that's solid news.
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