{"id":93320,"date":"2025-08-24T23:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/93320\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:08:07","slug":"its-official-superman-is-the-first-superhero-movie-of-2025-to-fly-past-600m-at-the-global-box-office-while-the-fantastic-four-first-steps-inches-towards-500m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/93320\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Official: Superman Is the First Superhero Movie of 2025 to Fly Past $600M at the Global Box Office, While The Fantastic Four: First Steps Inches Towards $500M"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superman<\/a> has officially flown past the $600 million mark at the global box office, making it the first superhero movie of 2025 to do so.<\/p>\n

James Gunn\u2019s DC Universe kickstarter is now on $604.5 million globally, with most of that money made in North American theaters (Gunn has offered his thoughts on why Superman is doing better domestically than internationally<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Gunn made the surprise announcement that Superman would see its digital release on Friday, August 15<\/a> \u2014 just over a month after the film launched in theaters. Gunn blamed this relatively early home release on HBO Max TV series Peacemaker Season 2<\/a>, which follows on directly from the events of Superman.<\/p>\n

But Superman remains available to watch in theaters, and it’s there that the movie has set a number of records. For example, Superman is the highest-grossing Superman film in the U.S. ever, with $347 million. Zack Snyder’s 2013 DCEU kickstarter Man of Steel made $291 million at the domestic box office. But Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill as Superman, did much better internationally, bringing in $379.1 million for a global total of $670.1 million \u2014 a figure Superman almost certainly won\u2019t beat.<\/p>\n

Globally, Superman is comfortably ahead of all other superhero films released in 2025 so far, with its closest competitor, The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a>, lagging behind by over $100 million. Indeed, with both the MCU and the DCU not planning any other superhero films for 2025, Superman looks set to end the year as the clear winner.<\/p>\n

After weekend five, First Steps is now on $257.3 million domestically and $232.8 million internationally, for a global total of $490.1 million. The film\u2019s commercial performance is being seen as something of a disappointment, despite bringing in more money already than Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts. But Marvel Studios has two big hitters coming up in 2026: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Avengers: Doomsday, which First Steps leads into. <\/p>\n

DC Universe: Every Upcoming Movie and TV Show\"A<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Brad Pitt\u2019s F1 is now on $603.4 million, marking a significant theatrical success for Apple. Zach Cregger\u2019s killer horror-thriller Weapons is now up to $115.9 million in North American theaters after three weekends, with a global haul of $199.4 million. Weapons\u2019 commercial success is well deserved; IGN\u2019s Weapons review<\/a> returned a 9\/10: \u201cWriter-director Zach Cregger blends unbearable tension and dark humor once more in Weapons, a horror blockbuster that\u2019s less of a blunt-force barbarian and more of a sharp-shooting assassin.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters released in theaters this weekend after its huge launch on the streaming service, and may well be the highest-grossing movie over the past few days even ahead of Weapons. Netflix does not report box office numbers, but based on KPop Demon Hunters’ widespread release globally and social media reports of sold-out screenings, Netflix no doubt has a rare theatrical hit on its hands.<\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superman has officially flown past the $600 million mark at the global box office, making it the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":["post-93320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}