SUPERMAN Soars Past MAN OF STEEL With A Mighty $12.9 Million Monday Haul

Superman has had an impressive first Monday at the North American box office, earning an impressive $12.9 million. We also have comments from Zack Snyder and some must-see Mondo posters for the DCU movie!

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By JoshWilding - Jul 15, 2025 01:07 PM EST

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Superman opened to $125 million in North America this weekend, and the DCU reboot managed to keep its momentum going on Monday with an impressive $12.9 million haul.

That was well ahead of Jurassic World Rebirth ($4.5 million), F1: The Movie ($1.7 million), and How to Train Your Dragon ($1.1 million), three recent blockbusters which, while not Kryptonite to the Man of Tomorrow, have slowed his momentum.

It's worth noting that Superman is outpacing 2013's Man of Steel, which grossed $12.5 million during its first Monday. Adjusted for inflation, that's $17.3 million, but inflation rarely factors into box office comparisons. If it did, then the list of 10 highest-grossing movies would look very different.

Superman has now made $137.9 million since opening in theaters last week, and its 59% drop from Sunday is almost identical to 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming. That was another reboot of a struggling franchise.

Also of note is the fact that Superman has made only $100,000 less than F1: The Movie. It flew that high in just a few days, compared to the three weeks the pricey Apple movie has taken to reach $138 million.

Variety spoke to Man of Steel and Justice League director Zack Snyder shortly before Superman's release, and while he hadn't seen the DC Studios reboot at that point, he confirmed his plans to watch it as soon as possible.

"This weekend I don’t think I’m seeing it because I have a horse show — my kids ride horses — but I’m going to try to see it right after that," the filmmaker promised.

Finally, we have some new Mondo posters for Superman, one of which was illustrated by All-Star Superman artist Frank Quitely.

We’re excited to reveal Mondo’s SDCC exclusive Superman posters. Check out these incredible @mondonews creations here: https://t.co/NN1qYbsrBx pic.twitter.com/AEDhJytShl
— Nerdist (@nerdist) July 15, 2025

Superman, DC Studios' first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures.

In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. 

"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."

The movie stars David Corenswet in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.

Also appearing are Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, María Gabriela de Faría, Wendell Pierce, Alan Tudyk, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, and Milly Alcock.

Superman is now playing in theaters.

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Goldboink - 7/15/2025, 1:07 PM

This is where positive WOM kicks in

TheJok3r - 7/15/2025, 1:08 PM

I really hope this movie can cross the $600 million mark, preferably the $700 million mark. I don't know how realistic that is based on the current numbers (we'll have a better idea after its 2nd weekend), but fingers crossed it can.

thedrudo - 7/15/2025, 1:10 PM

@TheJok3r - International numbers might hurt it but I hope so too.

dragon316 - 7/15/2025, 1:17 PM

@thedrudo - I agree with your whole comment sucks some movies depends on over seas make it more profitable

TheJok3r - 7/15/2025, 2:27 PM

@thedrudo - Yeah; it seems like it's not clicking overseas for whatever reason. This is one of those situations that I don't see what can be done to fix it. The movie is relatively short compared to other movies, it was released when most people are on vacation, it was marketed well, and it was received well by both critics and audiences.

Canyoublush - 7/15/2025, 6:15 PM

@TheJok3r - The franchise is done. It’s on its last legs. Whatever happened with the DCEU has burned any interest for general moviegoers moving forward. Some IPs or franchises get worse after each subsequent reboot and superman could be an example of this, if not the only example.

AllsGood - 7/15/2025, 1:10 PM

Clintthahamster - 7/15/2025, 1:15 PM

"but inflation rarely factors into box office comparisons. If it did, then the list of 10 highest-grossing movies would look very different."

Come on, dude. Inflation should absolutely be taken into consideration, and the list of the 10 highest-grossing movies should look very different. It should look a lot like this:

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2022

RockReigns - 7/15/2025, 1:15 PM

@Clintthahamster - inflation doesn’t matter for movies or every one is a flop because Gone with the Wind did $4.5 billion.

dragon316 - 7/15/2025, 1:18 PM

@RockReigns - it’s true inflation , super hero fatigue, marketing is lazy excuse some movies have made it big during covid, inflation , no marketing

Clintthahamster - 7/15/2025, 1:23 PM

@RockReigns - That's right. The movie that sold the most tickets in the history of cinema should probably be considered the highest grossing movie of all time.

da2213viking - 7/15/2025, 1:25 PM

@RockReigns - If gone with the wind came out today it would struggle to make 100 million at the box otfice in this current media ladnscape. There is a good chance it would go straight to streaming. Inflation is just something dumb people try to use to have a valid point and take away from the fact that we are very much in a different time.

soberchimera - 7/15/2025, 1:35 PM

@RockReigns - A flop means a movie didn’t make the money back it took to produce it, how it compares to the box office of a completely different film is irrelevant for the investors of said film.

epc1122 - 7/15/2025, 1:43 PM

@Clintthahamster - these numbers don’t reflect inflation for the production budget, so why should they count for box office numbers?

CreateNowSlpL8r - 7/15/2025, 1:48 PM

@Clintthahamster - That should be a key metric, I agree with you. The only reason box office even matters is to compare it against the budget and these studios lie. Even then. If two movie were equal in box office, the one with the lower budget technically wins. The other problem is these first week numbers have failed us so many times but the studios take these victory laps. For me its all about the second weekend.

SATW42 - 7/15/2025, 1:52 PM

@Clintthahamster - "Come on, dude. Inflation should absolutely be taken into consideration, and the list of the 10 highest-grossing movies should look very different."

OK, but then how do you calculate everything else? For example in 1939 when "Gone with the Wind" came out, 365 movies were released in the U.S. (according to A.I. at least) In 2019 when Endgame came out, 913 movies were released, and that's JUST theatrical.

How do you factor in the fact that theatres were the ONLY way to watch things in 1939? the FCC didn't Authorize commercial broadcasting until 1941, so Gone with the Winds competition was... THE RADIO.

SATW42 - 7/15/2025, 1:56 PM

@epc1122 - lol that's crazy to think about. Its production costs was about 3.9 million. With inflation that's still basically an low budget studio film at 90.2 million

ObserverIO - 7/15/2025, 2:02 PM

@Clintthahamster - Titanic is the only film in both Top 10s. The Ten Commandments is still one of the ten most commanding movies. The whole list is pretty much what you think it would be when you think of the all time classics.

Interesting to look at it from a purely cbm perspective too. The top 10 cbms adjusted for inflation are:

1. Avengers: Endgame.
2. The Avengers.
3. Black Panther.
4. The Dark Knight.
5. Avengers: Infinity War.
6. Spider-Man.
7. Batman.
8. Spider-Man 2.
9. The Dark Knight Rises.
10. Superman: The Movie.

epc1122 - 7/15/2025, 2:04 PM

@SATW42 - for which movie?

SATW42 - 7/15/2025, 2:12 PM

@epc1122 - Gone with the Wind

Clintthahamster - 7/15/2025, 2:14 PM

@epc1122 @SATW42 - Yes, lots of factors are considered when the question of profitability is discussed. But this is an article about box office grosses, a very specific metric that means "the money taken in at the box office." If one movie has a million dollar budget, and the other has 500 million dollar budget, and they both take in 250 million dollars at the box office, then both movies grossed 250 million dollars.

If you want to get into meta analyses of the overall profitability of films, or a discussion of the competitive market at the time of release, cool, but that's not what this article is about. It's just a little splashy hollywood puffery for that ass.

Lucasberg - 7/15/2025, 2:16 PM

@epc1122 - Gone with the Wind cost 3.9 million to make. Adjusted for inflation that = 86.5 million.

1.89 billion is what it made adjusted for inflation.

Theres just no comparison.

Apophis71 - 7/15/2025, 2:42 PM

@Lucasberg - Correct, there isn't, but then inflation differs in effect from one thing to another too and impacted by issues like minimum wage and all of that. The reason more folk watch on TV now than they did in decades gone by is they have effectively gotten both better and cheaper at the same time (mass production, more competition and less workforce etc) compared to overall inflation figures whilst overheads for theatres have been impacted WAY more heavily over the same timeframe forcing up ticket prices way more as total sales dropped in order to balance the books.

Lucasberg - 7/15/2025, 2:54 PM

@Apophis71 - yep agree. Gone with the Wind was like the only game in town upon release so it is a bit unfair to compare

epc1122 - 7/15/2025, 3:19 PM

@Clintthahamster - for the record, I could care less how much this movie makes. I enjoyed it but people on here are using different metrics to prove one better than the other and aren’t taking enough into account. There are so many variables to the success of a movie. At this point, Superman is in fact a success and it’s hard to dispute that there’s been decent word of mouth. I loved man of steel but in general, it fell flat with the general audience.

epc1122 - 7/15/2025, 3:26 PM

@Lucasberg - I was never disputing gone with the wind. Not sure when that came up so my apologies for the confusion. I was disputing the production budget for man of steel compared to Superman 2025.

Clintthahamster - 7/15/2025, 3:47 PM

@epc1122 - Yeah, for sure, it's an interesting conversation to have. I was just taking issue with (and possibly misreading) the seeming dismissal of the relevance of inflation-adjusted grosses.

The CPI is what makes historical monetary data meaningful. For me, it usually comes up in the context that, adjusting for inflation, the minimum wage (and working class wages generally) hasn't just stagnated, but has actually been steadily decreasing. It's possible that the labor advocate part of my brain overreacted just a hair.

EskimoJ - 7/15/2025, 3:48 PM

@Clintthahamster - Then shouldn't we be taking into account re-releases as well, since many of these are not first-run numbers?

Clintthahamster - 7/15/2025, 3:48 PM

@EskimoJ - Sure!

epc1122 - 7/15/2025, 4:35 PM

@Clintthahamster - I definitely think you should take into account inflation. I absolutely don’t mean to come off as rude, but did I say we shouldn’t account for inflation? I just find people are talking about inflation as far as box office but not production and it’s just not apples to apples. There’s a lot of variables but for now, this movie is considered a success. And again, my apologies if I’m coming off rude as that is not my intent. Did you see and like the movie?

spr0cks - 7/15/2025, 4:43 PM

@SATW42 - We're not compareing movies that were released 80 years apart.

Superman 2025 and Man of Steel are only 12 years apart.

bobevanz - 7/15/2025, 4:51 PM

@epc1122 - "these numbers don’t reflect inflation for the production budget, so why should they count for box office numbers? "

THIS SHOULD BE ETCHED IN STONE FOR ALL THE MORONS TO SEE!

epc1122 - 7/15/2025, 5:00 PM

@bobevanz - well I wouldn’t call them morons but im glad you agree 😊. I just think people are cherry picking how to measure the success of a movie instead of just enjoying it or not enjoying it. Some are just biased without even seeing it 🤦🏻‍♂️. I do take the opinion of those who did see it and not like it but I think some are just too set in their ways to view it openly and honestly. But I guess the same can be said for me. I’ve seen the movie three times and the first time, admittedly i was disappointed but have enjoyed it more each time. 👍

Clintthahamster - 7/15/2025, 5:43 PM

@epc1122 - Nope, didn't take you as rude at all. No worries!

I saw it, and I loved it. I'm more of an MCU guy typically, but if this is what we have to expect from Gunn's DCU, I'm all in.

epc1122 - 7/15/2025, 8:59 PM

@Clintthahamster - That’s good, sometimes posts can come off sarcastic or snarky. What are some of your favorite marvel movies?

RockReigns - 7/15/2025, 1:15 PM

Ahead of

Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Batman
Rebirth
Man of Steel

dragon316 - 7/15/2025, 1:20 PM

That’s good it deserves to be success I like movie some stuff It could have left out drunk loser supergirl , maybe kick in balls

HashTagSwagg - 7/15/2025, 1:21 PM

For those who are incapable of understanding the complex symbolism of the horse metaphor, basically Zack is cleverly and smartly intelligently telling us, the viewers and the audience that the movie f**king sucked.

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SUPERMAN Soars Past MAN OF STEEL With A Mighty $12.9 Million Monday Haul

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